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Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us
Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us invites evangelicals and those shaped by evangelicalism to wrestle honestly with Scripture, history, and justice. Through story, friendship, and witness, we explore how our faith traditions have shaped us—and how reimagining them can move us toward peace and dignity.
Rethinking Israel, Palestine, and the Faith That Formed Us
Episode 7- Learning History, Undoing Myths
In this episode, Erna shares how digging into history after Oct 7 reshaped her evangelical frameworks—and made Palestinian lives, losses, and resistance visible. From the Nakba to the Oslo Accords to the separation wall, we trace the events and ideas that formed today’s reality and ask what faithful ethics require now.
Story snapshots
- Iqrit (Iqrīt): A Christian Palestinian village ordered to evacuate; residents won a court ruling to return—then the army demolished the village on Christmas Eve, 1951. Families still hold weddings and Christmas Mass among the ruins, waiting for a right of return.
Key terms
- Nakba: “Catastrophe”; Palestinian dispossession in 1948.
- Intifada: “Shaking off” oppression; popular uprisings (late 1980s; early 2000s).
- Settlements: Israeli civilian communities built in occupied territory.
- Areas A/B/C: Oslo-era administrative divisions of the West Bank (A = PA civil/security; B = PA civil/Israeli security; C = full Israeli control).
Resources mentioned
- Conquer & Divide (interactive history since 1967) — https://www.btselem.org/maps
- UN data on fatalities/injuries (2008–2020) for context on asymmetry
- Great March of Return (2018) — Learn more about the March of Return
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