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  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: A school girl places a flower in the hair of Daniel from Switzerland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel today undertaking a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which the accompaniers offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_791...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk down a street towards the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The EAPPI accompanies local communities living under occupation, which includes attending church on Sundays.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_729...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk down a street towards the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. The EAPPI accompanies local communities living under occupation, which includes attending church on Sundays.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_728...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories. Here, Ecumenical Accompanier Daniel, from Switzerland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_787...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: A school girl celebrates having done the hair of Nora from Finland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel today undertaking a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which the accompaniers offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_791...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_721...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel look out over Hebron from a vantage point in the area of Tel Rumeida, Hebron.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_813...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_715...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_690...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_786...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel, a Swiss participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at a collection of signs mounted on the Al-Shuhada Street in the H2 area of Hebron. Notably, the signs are in Hebrew and English, but not in Arabic. The area is under Israeli military control, and following the 1994 massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (known to the Muslims as Al-Ibrahimi Mosque and to the Jews as Cave of Machpelah) all the Palestinian shops on Shuhada street have been closed, turning the street into a virtual ghost town.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_782...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk down Al-Shuhada Street in the H2 area of Hebron. The area is under Israeli military control, and following the 1994 massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (known to the Muslims as Al-Ibrahimi Mosque and to the Jews as Cave of Machpelah) all the Palestinian shops on Shuhada street have been closed, turning the street into a virtual ghost town.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_780...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk through the H1 area of Hebron, West Bank.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_761...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at the drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch while wearing a bullet proof vest and the mark of a sniper's aim, on a wall in Bethlehem.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_726...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at the drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch while wearing a bullet proof vest and the mark of a sniper's aim, on a wall in Bethlehem.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_725...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem: A participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel monitors entrance to Checkpoint 300, where tens of thousands of Palestinians, most of them working in construction and maintenance, cross from Bethlehem to Jerusalem in the mornings.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_700...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Two participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel document how a home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem has just been demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_688...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora from Finland points to a kindergarten, as participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in the H2 area of Hebron, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_787...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora, a participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, points to a football field built by Israeli settlers on the Al-Shuhada Street in the H2 area of Hebron. The area is under Israeli military control, and following the 1994 massacre at the Tomb of the Patriarchs (known to the Muslims as Al-Ibrahimi Mosque and to the Jews as Cave of Machpelah) all the Palestinian shops on Shuhada street have been closed, turning the street into a virtual ghost town.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_781...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel observe a wall on which 'Make love not walls' has been written. The wall has been mounted to block off the path from the Hebron Old City souq from an Israeli settlement inside the city.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_771...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_721...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_715...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_715...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk along a street near the separation wall in Bethlehem.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_723...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Nora from Finland, a participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, looks out over Hebron from a vantage point in the area of Tel Rumeida.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_813...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel documents how a home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem has just been demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH1_514...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants Kristin (right) and Charlotte (left) in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH1_511...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem, Palestine: A participant in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel looks at the drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch while wearing a bullet proof vest and the mark of a sniper's aim, on a wall in Bethlehem.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_725...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Tuqu, Palestine: Participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel undertake a 'school run' in Tuqu, by which they offer an international presence as Palestinian children go to school. The children are otherwise at risk of harrassment from Israeli settlers and military, as tensions can lead to confrontations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_716...jpg
  • 1 March 2020, Bethlehem: A participant in the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel monitors entrance to Checkpoint 300, where tens of thousands of Palestinians, most of them working in construction and maintenance, cross from Bethlehem to Jerusalem in the mornings.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200301_AH2_713...jpg
  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: 26-year-old Mohammad Bashiti shows his home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem to participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where he has just had a part demolished. As building permits are notoriously difficult, in some cases impossible, for Palestinians to obtain, demolition of houses stated not to have the relevant permits is common in the area. This time, the family lost their living room, two bathrooms, and kitchen.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200229_AH2_687...jpg
  • 2 March 2020, Hebron: Daniel from Switzerland and Nora from Finland, both participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel walk through the H1 area of Hebron, West Bank.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200302_AH2_765...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: A group of ecumenical accompaniers ascend the hill in Ma’alul. In 1948, apple trees used to grow here, as a source of food and income for the villagers of Ma’alul. Since the land was occupied, a pine tree forest has been planted to replace the fruit trees. Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_565...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: A group of ecumenical accompaniers ascend the hill in Ma’alul. In 1948, apple trees used to grow here, as a source of food and income for the villagers of Ma’alul. Since the land was occupied, a pine tree forest has been planted to replace the fruit trees. Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_565...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: A group of ecumenical accompaniers ascend the hill in Ma’alul. In 1948, apple trees used to grow here, as a source of food and income for the villagers of Ma’alul. Since the land was occupied, a pine tree forest has been planted to replace the fruit trees. Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_565...jpg
  • 14 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, starting the day with a participant-led yoga session.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_555...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_976...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_966...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_963...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The villagers in Ma’alul were mostly Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the houses of worship still remain on the hilltop.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_576...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_961...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul, Israel: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_566...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Here, Diana Bisharat. A US-born 33-year-old, Bisharat married and moved to Israel in 2011, as a descendant of the villagers of Ma’alul.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_568...jpg
  • 14 March 2019, Haifa, Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine gather for mid-term orientation, listening to Ruth Hiller talking on the theme of (de)militarization of Israeli society.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190314_AH1_556...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_975...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_963...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_959...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_603...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_570...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_979...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_978...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_971...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. On the wall in Arabic, is a poem about how to have good manners. Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_970...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_964...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_964...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_958...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_601...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_598...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_597...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The villagers in Ma’alul were mostly Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the houses of worship still remain on the hilltop.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_577...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_563...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_972...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. On the wall in Arabic, is a poem about how to have good manners. Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_969...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_572...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Here, Diana Bisharat. A US-born 33-year-old, Bisharat married and moved to Israel in 2011, as a descendant of the villagers of Ma’alul.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_571...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_570...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_564...jpg
  • 13 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Israel and Palestine visit the Holocaust Museum of Yad Vashem, as they gather for mid-term orientation.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190313_DSC_847...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_963...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH2_961...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: A group of children head to Al Minya school. Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The villagers in Ma’alul were mostly Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the houses of worship still remain on the hilltop.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Here, sister Esther Maria from Stella Maris in Haifa.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul, Israel: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Cows graze on the hillside in Ma’alul. A Bedouin family has received permission to use the hill for their cattle, including the intermittent use of the old church structures as barns.
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  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_562...jpg
  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children. Here, EA Jane from Scotland.
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  • 18 March 2019, Bethlehem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompaniers from the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel spend the morning doing a 'school run', by which they offer a peaceful protective presence for Palestinian children as they go to school at Al Minya.  With Israeli settler communities nearby, strong military presence, and a high-speed road passing just by the school entrance, an international presence can help ensure safe passage for the children.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190318_AH1_602...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Cows graze on the hillside in Ma’alul. A Bedouin family has received permission to use the hill for their cattle, including the intermittent use of the old church structures as barns.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_564...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_568...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Ma'alul: Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sees a visit by ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. The villagers in Ma’alul were mostly Palestinian Christians and Muslims, and the houses of worship still remain on the hilltop.
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  • 17 April 2019, Tulkarem, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories: Ecumenical Accompanier Fanny from Sweden, from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel takes a photo of Yanoun. The village of Yanoun sits on a hillside in the Nablus Governorate of the West Bank. There is only one road into the village, which is otherwise surrounded on all sides by Israeli settlements.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. While a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah is under constant pressure from Israeli settler movements looking to push Palestinian families out and take over the area.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. While a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah is under constant pressure from Israeli settler movements looking to push Palestinian families out and take over the area.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. While a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood, Sheikh Jarrah is under constant pressure from Israeli settler movements looking to push Palestinian families out and take over the area.
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  • 29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers Kristin (left) and Charlotte (right) walk through a market street in the Muslim Quarter of the Jerusalem Old City.
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area. With parents originally from Poland, Israel-born Amos was one of the congregants receiving the ecumenical accompaniers at the dinner, affording them an opportunity to learn about Israeli perspectives on the conflict, to share reflections and exchange experiences.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area. With parents originally from Poland, Israel-born Amos was one of the congregants receiving the ecumenical accompaniers at the dinner, affording them an opportunity to learn about Israeli perspectives on the conflict, to share reflections and exchange experiences.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH1_592...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_774...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_759...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_768...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_770...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_757...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH2_047...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_760...jpg
  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical accompaniers arrive at the synagogue of Kol HaNeshama. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
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  • 15 March 2019, Jerusalem: Pouring water three times over their hands, ecumenical accompaniers participated in the traditional Shabbat custom of N’tilat Yadayim, hand-washing before blessing the meal. On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem. Kol HaNeshama is a reformed Jewish congregation of 350 families in Jerusalem, and one that works actively to be a focal point for Jewish pluralism and social action in the area.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190315_AH2_954...jpg
  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) from the World Council of Churches gather in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem. Through a candlelight ceremony, one group of EAs pass on the challenge of their ministry to another. Each group of accompaniers spends three months in the Holy Land, providing protective presence, monitoring human rights violations, and collecting documentation of life under occupation, as well as initiatives for peace.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190415_AH1_769...jpg
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