Daily Archives: December 21, 2015

A Palestinian Prespective – Bassem Eid

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 Bassem Eid was born in the Jordanian-occupied Old City in East Jerusalem, whose place of residence became the United Nations Refugee Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camp of Shuafat. Bassem Eid spent the first 33 years of his life in Shuafat. He rose to prominence during the first Intifada, the Palestinian uprising, as was a senior field researcher for B’Tselem,[1][2] the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the […]

Druze Religious Leader Commits to Noachide “Seven Laws”

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First Publish: 1/18/2004, 3:46 PM / Last Update: 1/18/2004, 5:32 PM The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, this weekend signed a declaration calling on non-Jews in Israel to observe the Seven Noahide (Bnei Noach) Commandments, as laid down in the Bible and expounded upon in Jewish tradition. Several weeks ago, the mayor of the primarily Druze city of Shfaram, in the Galilee, […]