För ett och ett halvt år sedan åkte jag på en studieresa till Jerusalem med CTR:s Children of Abraham-kurs. Vi besökte Betlehem och Bethlehem University, ett katolskt universitet med palestinska och muslimska studenter. Det var otroligt intressant och lärorikt att höra historier om studenter som får stipendier för att studera i Europa eller USA, men inte tillstånd att åka dit av de israeliska myndigheterna, och studenter som bor i Gaza och studerar på distans på BU, men inte får tillstånd att åka till Betlehem på Västbanken för att vara med på föreläsningar och seminarier.
Jag skrev upp mig på ett nyhetsbrev och får lite då och då mejl från Brother Jack på BU. Igår kom dessa två mejl. Läs mer om händelsen på BU:s hemsida.
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Dear Friends of Bethlehem University,
I have some upsetting news to share with you tonight. Earlier today,
one of our 4th year students, Ms. Berlanty Azzam, was arrested by the Israeli
military. She is being detained and the Isreali authorities are threatening to
'deport her' from Bethlehem to Gaza.
She needs your help -- NOW!!! What can you do to help?
Read her background information on the attached document and then send an
email or a FAX to the Israeli authorities to demand that they release Berlanty
to allow her to return to Bethlehem University to complete the bachelors degree
in business administration which she began in September 2005.
The email is: cogatspokesman@gmail.com
The fax is: +972 3 697 6306.
Read more about Berlanty on the attched document.
God Bless You!!!
brother jack
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Dear Friends of Bethlehem University,
Thank you for your tremendous outpouring of support for our student and
your student: Ms. Berlanty Azzam.
Many of you shared with me the emails you sent to the Israeli military
authorities to demand that they return Berlanty from "detention" to Bethlehem
University to complete her last couple weeks of classwork for her bachelor
degree. Thank you for writing to the Israeli military.
Now, we have learned that they moved 21 year old Berlanty (blindfolded and
handcuffed) from Bethlehem to Gaza. May I ask you once again - time is of the
essence - to write an email to
* the Israeli Foreign Ministry
* the Israeli Mnister of Religious Affairs
* Your eleced officials in your home country.
This time, may I suggest that you demand that the Israeli auhorities
immediately return Berlanty from Gaza to Bethlehem to complete the last two
months of her bachelor degree. See the attached press release for more details.
Blessings to you as you work and pray for justice,
brother jack
