Tu B’shevat and Trees in the Scripture

Believers from the three faiths celebrated the holidays: the new year for all, Christmas for Christians, Hanukkah for Jews, and Muslims preparing for the holy month of fasting and prayer, which will start next month, according to the lunar calendar for lunar year 1447, corresponding to 2026 AD.  The Jewish community will celebrate Tu B’Shevat on the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, which this year coincides with the months of January/ February.

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Peace in the Middle East

The problem of Palestine / Israel has been going on for seventy-six years without any progress toward a final and definite peace despite the Oslo Accords and the efforts made by both sides of the conflict. Yet, the children of Abraham are still fighting for a piece of land that is precious and holy to both. Even if it looks like it the conflict is neither religious nor ethnic. It is not a war between Jews and Arabs or Jews and Muslims nor it is a holy war. Not all Israelis are Zionists and not all Palestinians are Muslims. The media always omits the fact that Christian Palestinians have been living in the holy land for centuries. 

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