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France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway, Scotland, South Africa,Sweden, United Kingdom, United Statesof America and Uruguay. We would loveto welcome you to our city and sharewith you about our daily realities, aboutPalestinian Liberation Theology, and aboutthe ministries of Sabeel! To plan your visit,please email visit@sabeel.org.Contemporary Way of the Cross:Visitors continued to experience themodern “Via Dolorosa” of Palestinian life– checkpoints, walls, refugee camps, andthe like – through liturgy, song and prayerin our Contemporary Way of the Cross.Sabeel encourages tour participants tospend three hours in spiritual reflectionon how the current context of sufferingmight correspond to the suffering ofChrist. This experience has been foundto be particularly helpful for groups atthe end of their stay here, when peopleare overflowing with information andseeking a spiritual framework throughwhich to process all they have learned. ItList of Study Circles in 2012REPORT2012has also proven to be a powerful Lentendevotion to do, even from afar. Thebooklet, Contemporary Way of the Cross,is available from the Sabeel Publicationand Resource Center.Witness Visits: In October andNovember, Internationals gathered fromthe United States of America, Canada,Sweden, the United Kingdom, and theNetherlands, under the sponsorship ofSabeel, to travel to areas in Palestineand the Galilee. The group participatedin Sabeel’s Contemporary Way of theCross, spent time in local churches, andexperienced the lives and daily realities ofPalestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem,and inside Israel.Study Circle: Sabeel provides a spacein which internationals and Palestinianscould meet together to present papersand discuss subjects relating to aspectsof the local culture and current politicalsituation.• “Seven Biblical Answers to Popular Zionist Assumptions” by Dr Stephen Sizer• “Bankrupting Justice: Challenging Christian Zionism in Western Evangelical andMainline Protestant Churches” by Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner• “Palestinian Children in Israeli Detention” by Gerard Horton of Defense forChildren International• “National Struggle and Forgiveness” by Father Gianfranco Testa25