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Makloubeh- an additional recipe, taken from my notes when we met the lovely ladies on Saturday

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MAKLOUBEH Ingredients Lamb or chicken pieces- or chickpeas/ soya protein/ other vegetarian ingredient Onion Garlic Tomatoes Water Spices- whole or ground (cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cinnamon, a little nutmeg (or allspice), fried cardamom Vegetables- cauliflower, carrots, aubergine, potatoes (or whatever you have/prefer) Rice  Vermicelli, a smallish amount Salt Preparation *Boil meat (lamb or chicken) in water with chopped onion, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cinnamon, a little nutmeg (or allspice), fried cardamom, for 15-20 minutes. *Cut the vegetables into chunks and slice potatoes into rounds (4mm) and fry in batches in 2cm oil, or deep fry, till slightly browned all over. *Put the rice in warm water to soak for 15 minutes ( not necessary if using basmati ) *Fry the rice vermicelli, broken into short strands (uncooked) in a little oil, until browned *Mix together the drained rice and vermicelli Assembling the Makloubeh *Put a few sliced tomatoes and garlic in the bottom of a suf
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Why is Jerusalem important?

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The question was asked, "why is Jerusalem so important?" These two maps help explain my answer. One map is from Anglo-Saxon England, in 1040 AD, before William the Conqueror arrived, and the Mappa Mundi from Hereford is a map from 1300. Both maps show the point of view of the first 1300 years AD, with Jerusalem as the centre of the known world. Jerusalem is central to three religions, and as such holds a deeply spiritual and almost mythical quality for people of faith and non faith alike. Sadly the three Abrahamic faiths have shed rivers of each others'  blood over the white stones of Jerusalem, just when a sense of brotherhood should have been paramount. Using faith as an excuse for extreme violence to others is not celebrated in any faith. The Qu'ran advises not to harm the Jews or the Christian as they are brothers; Jesus gives a clear message when he gives the Samaritan (non Jew) as the example of the good neighbour; as did the example of Ruth in Jewish scripture,
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Israeli attitudes to the Occupation

In one of the earlier sessions we touched briefly on Israeli attitudes to the range of human rights abuses and war crimes perpetrated in the West Bank and why they didn’t voice objections. One argument advanced was that because Haaretz regularly publishes articles accurately describing the situation in the West Bank that Israelis know about this. However, the circulation of Haaretz is 75, 000 per day whereas the two largest right-wing papers have combined weekday sales of 550,000 and 850,000 at the weekend. Little or nothing of the Israeli human right abuses will be published there. As one commentator said, “A settler dog being killed will get more attention than the murder of 20 Palestinians.” Further, there is no TV equivalent of Haaretz, so the Israeli public is generally ill-informed of what happens in The West Bank and too many simply dismiss Palestinians as terrorists as a result of the right-wing propaganda. One tour guide with a group of US youth was filmed saying that it
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Pushing Palestinians from Jerusalem.

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Since it was started, Israel has continually pushed Palestinians from the city, often changing the goalposts, making it hard for many to stay in the city: it has revoked the residency of *15,000* Palestinian Jerusalemites including very many children, not allowing them to have any services or protection and making them stateless in their own city and country. (Talk today during the CADFA virtual visit to Palestine)
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Visit Gaza

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 Visit Gaza
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Enjoy it before it gets settled!

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 Enjoy it before it gets settled!
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Wall 4

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 Wall 4
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