No. 32 of 47. First published 22 Dec 2007. From the office of the Governor of Jenin, our Australian delegation was escorted on a tour of the infamous Jenin Refugee Camp, and then out of town to Faqqu'a Village, where Australian humanitarian aid delivers water to Palestinian homess. At the Refugee Camp, bombed by Israeli …
Statement by Australian Church leaders on Israel
Archbishop Phillip Aspinall addresses the Heads of Jerusalem Churches at a dinner in Jerusalem, 6 Dec 2007. Photo credit: Rod Benson In December 2007, a delegation of nine Australian Church leaders visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land. I was one of the nine. Seventeen years on, so little has changed. So many have died, and …
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“Extracurricular activities”: The ecumenical service of Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM
An address by Dr Rod Benson, Moore Theological College, Sydney, 23 Sep 2023 In a motion to the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia on 1 July 2014, referring to the late Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM, Dr Robert Tong AM observed that “Margaret’s extensive ‘extracurricular’ activities were largely undertaken in Margaret’s own time, …
Seeking justice in Israel-Palestine
EAPPI IS A WORLD-WIDE NETWORK. OUR EAPPI NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICES IN 26 COUNTRIES WORK HARD TO RECRUIT EAPPI HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS AND COORDINATE THEIR ADVOCACY WHEN THEY RETURN HOME. TODAY, WE BEGIN A SERIES IN WHICH WE GET TO HEAR FROM THESE DEDICATED SUPPORTERS OF EAPPI ALL OVER THE WORLD. Rod Benson, of EAPPI Australia, …
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