HOLY LAND - HOLLOW JUBILEE
GOD, JUSTICE AND THE PALESTINIANS
edited by Naim Ateek and Michael Prior

This book contains the papers of the Third International Conference of Sabeel (the Palestinian Liberation Theology Centre) held at Bethlehem University, February 1998. Fifty years after the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, it remembers the past, assesses the present and plans for the future. It poses Israel the challenge of Jubilee, and asks 'What does the Lord require?'
The Jubilee (Leviticus 25) challenges Israel to honour the demands of the Bible's more attractive traditions. It insists on freedom and justice, bringing release to the captives and freedom to the oppressed. The injustice done to the Palestinians is the termite that gnaws at Israel's moral core. Israel must atone for its crime.
Keynote speaker, Edward Said, argues that in the wake of 'the misery of the Oslo Accords', Palestinians are worse off than hitherto. Meanwhile, Israel continues to absolve itself of any responsibility, and all the while, Binjamin Netanyahu speaks of peace. Hanan Ashrawi appeals for an inclusive peace that would respect the narratives of the two parties, and Knesset member Azmi Bishara argues for a bi-national, rather than a two-state option.

Contributors Naim Ateek Michael Prior Edward Said Ibrahim Abu Lughod Gordon Brubacher Osvaldo Vena Rashid Khalidi Uri Davis Elias Chacour Rosemary Ruether Jad Isaac Goran Gunner Stephen Sizer Don Wagner Marc Ellis Lynda Brayer Jonathon Kuttab Mitri Raheb Jean Zaru Nicholas Frayling Hanan Ashrawi Azmi Bishara Michel Sabbah Edmond Browning

216 x 138mm, 256pp, paperback
£12.50
ISBN 1 901764 09 5
1999

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