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📢 No child should be arbitrarily detained and treated inhumanely.
Our #ChildhoodBehindBars campaign is calling on the UK government to pressure Israel to stop the military detention of Palestinian children.
Find out more and write to your MP here:
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Art: Shatha Safi
Our #ChildhoodBehindBars campaign is calling on the UK government to pressure Israel to stop the military detention of Palestinian children.
Find out more and write to your MP here:
embraceme.org/childhood-be...
Art: Shatha Safi
On #internationaldayofsolidaritywiththepalestinianpeople, and the final day of our 10 days of social action, we are asking you to stand with children who’ve suffered military detention by writing a message on our message wall.
Here is the link: writeamessageofsolidarity.dedicationpage.org/cbb
Here is the link: writeamessageofsolidarity.dedicationpage.org/cbb
Write a Message of Solidarity for Palestinian children and their families
Embrace the Middle East' campaign ‘Childhood Behind Bars’, calls on the UK government to put pressure on Israel to end military child detention in the West Bank, and also address the ro...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
On #internationaldayofsolidaritywiththepalestinianpeople, and the final day of our 10 days of social action, we are asking you to stand with children who’ve suffered military detention by writing a message on our message wall.
Here is the link: writeamessageofsolidarity.dedicationpage.org/cbb
Here is the link: writeamessageofsolidarity.dedicationpage.org/cbb
As our 10 days of social action are almost up: we are urging you to write to your MP and encourage others to do the same.
Your MP has the power to pressure the government to bring about real change for Palestinian children. Pictured are our postcards we are sending to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper.
Your MP has the power to pressure the government to bring about real change for Palestinian children. Pictured are our postcards we are sending to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As our 10 days of social action are almost up: we are urging you to write to your MP and encourage others to do the same.
Your MP has the power to pressure the government to bring about real change for Palestinian children. Pictured are our postcards we are sending to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper.
Your MP has the power to pressure the government to bring about real change for Palestinian children. Pictured are our postcards we are sending to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper.
DAY 8 of our 10 days of social action, we're asking you to help share eyewitness accounts of the trauma of military detention.
Peter, from the East Jerusalem YMCA, who works directly with children who’ve experienced military detention, had this to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzX...
Peter, from the East Jerusalem YMCA, who works directly with children who’ve experienced military detention, had this to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzX...
The impact of military detention for Palestinian children in the West Bank
YouTube video by Embrace the Middle East
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November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
DAY 8 of our 10 days of social action, we're asking you to help share eyewitness accounts of the trauma of military detention.
Peter, from the East Jerusalem YMCA, who works directly with children who’ve experienced military detention, had this to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzX...
Peter, from the East Jerusalem YMCA, who works directly with children who’ve experienced military detention, had this to say: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNzX...
Unchained Childhood, Give Hope to Children Held Behind Bars
As a new military operation unfolds in the occupied West Bank today, with potential raids, arrests and terrified families in its wake, too many children face yet another day of fear, detention and trauma.
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As a new military operation unfolds in the occupied West Bank today, with potential raids, arrests and terrified families in its wake, too many children face yet another day of fear, detention and trauma.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Unchained Childhood, Give Hope to Children Held Behind Bars
As a new military operation unfolds in the occupied West Bank today, with potential raids, arrests and terrified families in its wake, too many children face yet another day of fear, detention and trauma.
1/3
As a new military operation unfolds in the occupied West Bank today, with potential raids, arrests and terrified families in its wake, too many children face yet another day of fear, detention and trauma.
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Today, we're asking people to download and share our Childhood Behind Bars report, which details Israel’s policy of systematic detention of children in the West Bank and lists what the UK government needs to do to act.
Find it here: embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Find it here: embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
CBB campaign news — Embrace the Middle East
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today, we're asking people to download and share our Childhood Behind Bars report, which details Israel’s policy of systematic detention of children in the West Bank and lists what the UK government needs to do to act.
Find it here: embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Find it here: embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Day 5 of our 10 days of action.
Please think of our partners who work directly with Palestinian children traumatised by military detention.
You can support their work, and the work of our partners across the region, with a donation to our Christmas Appeal.
embraceme.org/christmas-ap...
Please think of our partners who work directly with Palestinian children traumatised by military detention.
You can support their work, and the work of our partners across the region, with a donation to our Christmas Appeal.
embraceme.org/christmas-ap...
Christmas appeal — Embrace the Middle East
Your gift helps provide food, medicine, education, and trauma care where it’s needed most.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Day 5 of our 10 days of action.
Please think of our partners who work directly with Palestinian children traumatised by military detention.
You can support their work, and the work of our partners across the region, with a donation to our Christmas Appeal.
embraceme.org/christmas-ap...
Please think of our partners who work directly with Palestinian children traumatised by military detention.
You can support their work, and the work of our partners across the region, with a donation to our Christmas Appeal.
embraceme.org/christmas-ap...
Last night, Israeli airstrikes on southern Beirut hit close to neighbourhoods where our partners serve and near two of our partners’ centres.
#Lebanon
Read latest update and our prayer for peace here:
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#Lebanon
Read latest update and our prayer for peace here:
embraceme.org/partner-upda...
Embrace partner updates — Embrace the Middle East
The latest news from our partners on the ground in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Last night, Israeli airstrikes on southern Beirut hit close to neighbourhoods where our partners serve and near two of our partners’ centres.
#Lebanon
Read latest update and our prayer for peace here:
embraceme.org/partner-upda...
#Lebanon
Read latest update and our prayer for peace here:
embraceme.org/partner-upda...
Day 4 of our #ChildhoodBehindBars social action.
Military detention is just one part of the wider picture of occupation. Here is another aspect of the occupation - watch this video on movement restriction that was released as part of the #StopSettlements campaign:
youtu.be/6XyH97uJF08?...
Military detention is just one part of the wider picture of occupation. Here is another aspect of the occupation - watch this video on movement restriction that was released as part of the #StopSettlements campaign:
youtu.be/6XyH97uJF08?...
Movement restrictions and checkpoints - daily life in the West Bank
YouTube video by Embrace the Middle East
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November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Day 4 of our #ChildhoodBehindBars social action.
Military detention is just one part of the wider picture of occupation. Here is another aspect of the occupation - watch this video on movement restriction that was released as part of the #StopSettlements campaign:
youtu.be/6XyH97uJF08?...
Military detention is just one part of the wider picture of occupation. Here is another aspect of the occupation - watch this video on movement restriction that was released as part of the #StopSettlements campaign:
youtu.be/6XyH97uJF08?...
This Advent, Embrace the Middle East is inviting churches to wake up to hope and wake up to justice with a new set of resources for worship, prayer and preaching - all shaped by our Childhood Behind Bars campaign:
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November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This Advent, Embrace the Middle East is inviting churches to wake up to hope and wake up to justice with a new set of resources for worship, prayer and preaching - all shaped by our Childhood Behind Bars campaign:
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Find out what happens to children who are arrested in Gaza and the West Bank...
Share our Childhood Behind Bars campaign video, which follows the experience of Navid - no child should have to go through this:
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Share our Childhood Behind Bars campaign video, which follows the experience of Navid - no child should have to go through this:
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
CBB campaign news — Embrace the Middle East
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November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Find out what happens to children who are arrested in Gaza and the West Bank...
Share our Childhood Behind Bars campaign video, which follows the experience of Navid - no child should have to go through this:
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
Share our Childhood Behind Bars campaign video, which follows the experience of Navid - no child should have to go through this:
embraceme.org/cbb-campaign...
The @followembrace.bsky.social Childhood Behind Bars Campaign is calling on the UK Government to take action on Israel's use of military detention on Palestinian children.
426 MPs have been lobbied so far, we also went to Westminster to brief MPs about the issue. 1/2
426 MPs have been lobbied so far, we also went to Westminster to brief MPs about the issue. 1/2
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The @followembrace.bsky.social Childhood Behind Bars Campaign is calling on the UK Government to take action on Israel's use of military detention on Palestinian children.
426 MPs have been lobbied so far, we also went to Westminster to brief MPs about the issue. 1/2
426 MPs have been lobbied so far, we also went to Westminster to brief MPs about the issue. 1/2
This week at Lambeth Palace, 60+ church leaders came together for a powerful time of truth-telling and reflection on Israel and Palestine.
We shared from our partners, introduced Gracious Dialogue resource, and discussed church engagement, theology and public action.
embraceme.org/news-1/embra...
We shared from our partners, introduced Gracious Dialogue resource, and discussed church engagement, theology and public action.
embraceme.org/news-1/embra...
Embrace welcomes Archbishop of York’s address on Justice and Peace in Israel and Palestine — Embrace the Middle East
We at Embrace the Middle East commend the courageous address given by the Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, on ‘Justice and Peace – Palestine and Israel’. We join and support his ca...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This week at Lambeth Palace, 60+ church leaders came together for a powerful time of truth-telling and reflection on Israel and Palestine.
We shared from our partners, introduced Gracious Dialogue resource, and discussed church engagement, theology and public action.
embraceme.org/news-1/embra...
We shared from our partners, introduced Gracious Dialogue resource, and discussed church engagement, theology and public action.
embraceme.org/news-1/embra...
1/3 We at Embrace the Middle East commend the courageous address given by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, on ‘Justice and Peace – Palestine and Israel’.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
1/3 We at Embrace the Middle East commend the courageous address given by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, on ‘Justice and Peace – Palestine and Israel’.
Be sure to check out our new 'O Night Divine Advent Card' featuring artwork by Shatha Safi: shop.embraceme.org/all-advent/o...
And read the behind the scene blog: shop.embraceme.org/blog/meet-th...
And read the behind the scene blog: shop.embraceme.org/blog/meet-th...
O Night Divine Advent Card
Featuring original artwork by Palestinian visual artist Shatha SafiA fun and unique card to send your Advent greetings to a loved one with 24 mini windows to open through Advent, telling the Christmas...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Be sure to check out our new 'O Night Divine Advent Card' featuring artwork by Shatha Safi: shop.embraceme.org/all-advent/o...
And read the behind the scene blog: shop.embraceme.org/blog/meet-th...
And read the behind the scene blog: shop.embraceme.org/blog/meet-th...
We are delighted to announce that Embrace is joining the Community of the #CrossofNails global network.
You are invited to come to a reception followed by Choral Evensong at Coventry Cathedral on 7 December:
embraceme.org/events/celeb...
You are invited to come to a reception followed by Choral Evensong at Coventry Cathedral on 7 December:
embraceme.org/events/celeb...
Celebration of Embrace joining the Community of the Cross of Nails — Embrace the Middle East
Embrace is joining the Community of the Cross of Nails - a global network committed to reconciliation, peace & justice rooted in Coventry Cathedral’s story of hope after destruction. We are celebr...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are delighted to announce that Embrace is joining the Community of the #CrossofNails global network.
You are invited to come to a reception followed by Choral Evensong at Coventry Cathedral on 7 December:
embraceme.org/events/celeb...
You are invited to come to a reception followed by Choral Evensong at Coventry Cathedral on 7 December:
embraceme.org/events/celeb...
Tune in to #PremierChristianRadio today at 11.20 to hear @followembrace.bsky.social partner Peter Nasir from East Jerusalem YMCA talk about life as a Christian in the #WestBank
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Tune in to #PremierChristianRadio today at 11.20 to hear @followembrace.bsky.social partner Peter Nasir from East Jerusalem YMCA talk about life as a Christian in the #WestBank
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Great to be at @rochestercathedral.bsky.social this evening to hear Life Under Occupation: Stories From Israel and Palestine…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great to be at @rochestercathedral.bsky.social this evening to hear Life Under Occupation: Stories From Israel and Palestine…
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It's a difficult time for many in Lebanon, but @followembrace.bsky.social partners continue to work with incredible determination to provide people with the support they need. Embrace's Dr Ruth Valerio gives an update: youtu.be/oU8c_u1vBU4?...
An update from Lebanon
YouTube video by Embrace the Middle East
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October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's a difficult time for many in Lebanon, but @followembrace.bsky.social partners continue to work with incredible determination to provide people with the support they need. Embrace's Dr Ruth Valerio gives an update: youtu.be/oU8c_u1vBU4?...
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We have launched a powerful new resource for churches and small groups...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We have launched a powerful new resource for churches and small groups...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Two opportunities to come hear Peter Nasir, Director of East Jerusalem YMCA, coming up in November.
He will share first-hand about the realities of life as a Christian in the West Bank and the inspiring work of the East Jerusalem YMCA.
Find out more: embraceme.org/events
He will share first-hand about the realities of life as a Christian in the West Bank and the inspiring work of the East Jerusalem YMCA.
Find out more: embraceme.org/events
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Two opportunities to come hear Peter Nasir, Director of East Jerusalem YMCA, coming up in November.
He will share first-hand about the realities of life as a Christian in the West Bank and the inspiring work of the East Jerusalem YMCA.
Find out more: embraceme.org/events
He will share first-hand about the realities of life as a Christian in the West Bank and the inspiring work of the East Jerusalem YMCA.
Find out more: embraceme.org/events
We have launched a powerful new resource for churches and small groups...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We have launched a powerful new resource for churches and small groups...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Gracious Dialogue: A Guide to Listening and Speaking Well About Israel and Palestine.
Find out more:
shop.embraceme.org/gracious-dia...
Today marks two years since the tragic bombing of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza, a long-standing partner of Embrace the Middle East.
Many lives were lost, but the story doesn't end there.
Many lives were lost, but the story doesn't end there.
Gaza Crisis Appeal donation form — Embrace the Middle East
Support the work of our Christian partners in Israel, Palestine and Gaza as they respond to the crisis.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today marks two years since the tragic bombing of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza, a long-standing partner of Embrace the Middle East.
Many lives were lost, but the story doesn't end there.
Many lives were lost, but the story doesn't end there.
Update from Al Ahli Hospital, Gaza
Following the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Dr Maher, Medical Director of our @followembrace.bsky.social partner Al Ahli Hospital, about the continuing work of the hospital and the immense challenges they still face: youtu.be/HDc-eUENGbw?...
Following the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Dr Maher, Medical Director of our @followembrace.bsky.social partner Al Ahli Hospital, about the continuing work of the hospital and the immense challenges they still face: youtu.be/HDc-eUENGbw?...
An update from our partner Al Ahli Hospital, Gaza
YouTube video by Embrace the Middle East
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October 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Update from Al Ahli Hospital, Gaza
Following the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Dr Maher, Medical Director of our @followembrace.bsky.social partner Al Ahli Hospital, about the continuing work of the hospital and the immense challenges they still face: youtu.be/HDc-eUENGbw?...
Following the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Dr Maher, Medical Director of our @followembrace.bsky.social partner Al Ahli Hospital, about the continuing work of the hospital and the immense challenges they still face: youtu.be/HDc-eUENGbw?...
🌿 The Olive Tree Project helps UK Christians stand with Palestinians facing land seizures, restrictions & occupation - by planting hope, one tree at a time.
We spoke to project director Muhanad Al-Qaisy about land, resistance & hope.
👉 Read more: embraceme.org/blog/the-oli...
We spoke to project director Muhanad Al-Qaisy about land, resistance & hope.
👉 Read more: embraceme.org/blog/the-oli...
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌿 The Olive Tree Project helps UK Christians stand with Palestinians facing land seizures, restrictions & occupation - by planting hope, one tree at a time.
We spoke to project director Muhanad Al-Qaisy about land, resistance & hope.
👉 Read more: embraceme.org/blog/the-oli...
We spoke to project director Muhanad Al-Qaisy about land, resistance & hope.
👉 Read more: embraceme.org/blog/the-oli...
Amid deep suffering in Gaza, our partner Caritas Jerusalem continues to serve with courage and care.
🙏 This week’s devotion reflects on Psalm 46 — God’s unshakable presence in crisis.
Read the full devotion:
www.embraceme.org/our-prayers/gods-unshakeable-presence-amid-uncertainty
📷 - Hosny Salah
🙏 This week’s devotion reflects on Psalm 46 — God’s unshakable presence in crisis.
Read the full devotion:
www.embraceme.org/our-prayers/gods-unshakeable-presence-amid-uncertainty
📷 - Hosny Salah
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Amid deep suffering in Gaza, our partner Caritas Jerusalem continues to serve with courage and care.
🙏 This week’s devotion reflects on Psalm 46 — God’s unshakable presence in crisis.
Read the full devotion:
www.embraceme.org/our-prayers/gods-unshakeable-presence-amid-uncertainty
📷 - Hosny Salah
🙏 This week’s devotion reflects on Psalm 46 — God’s unshakable presence in crisis.
Read the full devotion:
www.embraceme.org/our-prayers/gods-unshakeable-presence-amid-uncertainty
📷 - Hosny Salah