Sentences with phrase «palestinian conditions»

First are «indirect» sources: increased knowledge of Palestinian conditions.

There are other puzzling passages in the gospel, such as the description of Jesus» journey (7:31) from Tyre to Galilee «through the midst of the borders of Decapolis» (S.E. of the Sea of Galilee, and on the other side from both Tyre and Galilee itself), and the highly - coloured account of John the Baptist's death, which bristles with improbabilities; these errors are unlikely to come from the pen of Mark, who was presumably familiar with Palestinian conditions.

He does not appear, as we have seen, to have himself a good knowledge of Palestinian conditions.

Not exact matches

The Sermon on the Mount is for the twentieth - century American as much as it was for the first - century Jew, and requires only a little transference out of its Palestinian context in order to «speak to our condition.»

The Gospel of Mark also presupposed the conditions of life in Palestine in Jesus» day: but the book could be understood by readers with only the scantiest and sketchiest knowledge of things Palestinian.

It would also be a strong message to the international community that the Palestinian people do not accept to live under such conditions indefinitely.

Britain has said it would back a Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN tomorrow if president Mahmoud Abbas agrees to three conditions.

If Netanyahu is unwilling to create a Palestinian state under present conditions that is certainly unfortunate, but doesn't change the inevitability of the creation of a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank in the long term.

We saw a country whose people have known immense suffering now imposing conditions on their Palestinian neighbours which cause a different but very real suffering and often without real security justification.

Apparently, Israel currently supports a two state solution at conditions that are unacceptable to the Palestinian Authority, but not worlds apart.

An Orthodox Jew, Weprin says he is a staunch supporter of Israel and is against President Barack Obama's suggestion that Israel go back to its pre-1967 war borders as a condition for negotiations with the Palestinians.

With I, the Artwork Khalili asks what the legal conditions for basic self - determination are — a question absolutely key to questions around Palestinian human and civil rights.