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Stewart discusses the importance of olive picking at Sindyanna, with Arab and Israeli women.
Click here to watch the video Stewart writes : It is a joy to post up my interview with Hadas Lahav, Leader of Sindyanna of Galilee, conducted in the Scots Grove south west of Nazareth, after a morning of olive picking last Saturday (8th November 2025). In it, Hadas speaks of Sindyanna's commitment to Fairtrade values, to sharing life and work with Arab and Israeli women, and to the need to show the way to a successful coexistence. Interspersed are scenes and interviews with
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The Friends' latest newsletter focuses on the past, present and future - for many.
Reflections on time spent in Tiberias and Jerusalem from Rev Muriel Pearson as she returns to Scotland. Daoud Nassar's visit to Edinburgh; details of the two projects that The Friends will support over the coming year; and a reminder that our St Andrew's Day Service is on Friday 28th November, in Edinburgh. Just some of the articles in November's newsletter which you can find here on our website.
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Olive Harvest with Sindyanna
Their latest newsletter tells us of their hopes for a prolific and safe harvest. Read it on their website here
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Not done yet ... Muriel's last Stepping out of the Boat blogpost
Muriel, now back in Scotland, reflects on what it means to be home. This is my last Stepping Out of the Boat blog post. I am back in Scotland having said a bitter-sweet goodbye to colleagues and friends in Tiberias, Jerusalem and beyond. It is a momentous week for other much bigger reasons too. On 7th October the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on festival goers and kibbutzim was marked. For families of hostages, alive and dead it is a painful anniversary. For Palest
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A prayer for all the world as we remember 7th October 2023
I ain Cunningham’s beautiful hymn can be a prayer for a world where all can live in safety, in freedom, with justice, dignity, and...
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Farewell to Muriel Pearson as she returns to Scotland
These words are shared by Don Binder following the farewell on Tuesday 30th September to Rev Muriel Pearson as she comes to an end of her...
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Stewart Gillan talks with Anton Goodman, director of Rabbis for Human Rights
Posting from the garden of St George’s Cathedral in East Jerusalem, with Anton Goodman, Director of Partnerships for Rabbis for Human...
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Rev Muriel Pearson writes how she is running out of words.
As her time as Mission Partner comes to an end, Rev Muriel Pearson writes movingly, in her blogpost , how she is running out of words . ...
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Zoughbi Zoughbi of Wi'am talks with Stewart Gillan
Stewart shares his rooftop interview with Zoughbi Zoughbi in Bethlehem, founder and director of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict...
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