THE CALVARY ROAD* TO PEACE IN ISRAEL / PALESTINE

Part I: The Arabs' Vital Role in Manifesting Cruciformity

Part II: The Jews' Vital Role in the Cruciform 'One New Man' 

(to be developed later)

NOTE THE 5 [NEW] STORIES ADDED IN FEB. 2010

Click on names to read stories:

1. Anonymous Lebanese Woman [NEW] Formerly, she trained youths to use weapons for the Hezbollah in Lebanon. She met Jesus through a Messianic Jew and received Jesus' love for all peoples, including Jews.

2. Anonymous Young Arab Lady  "I Almost Blew Myself Up in a Jewish Bus" A miracle brought her parents to Jesus. She trained to be a terrorist until she met Jesus at a Christmas party.

3. Abdul On his way to becoming an Islamic terrorist, Abdul had dreams of Jesus calling to him. When he accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour, he received great joy, a new heart and a new nature.

4. Adranly, Bassem A nominal Christian Arab who hated Jews meets the Lord in a Messianic congregation and now he is a pastor who dialogues and prays regularly with Jewish believers.

5. Awad, Bishara [NEW] "Lord, I beg You. Forgive me for hating the Jews and for allowing that hatred to control my life." God washed away his frustration, hopelessness, and hatred and replaced them with love.

6. Aweida, Shmuel [NEW] Shmuel is an Arab pastor of a Messianic Jewish congregation in Haifa. He discusses the great spiritual need of Israeli Jews and ways of sharing the Gospel with them.

7. Chacour, Michael  His amazing cruciform love in spite of horrific loss and abuse has inspired thousands through the book Blood Brothers, written by famous son, Elias Chacour .

8. Dakwar, Yousef   Yousef's family lost their house and land in 1948 and Dakwar inherited their hatred of Jews. Jesus replaced the hostility in his heart with forgiveness and love.

9. Gabriel, Mark A. [NEW] Former lecturer and authority of Islamic history and culture at a prestigious Egyptian university experienced a transformation that included loving Jews instead of hating them.

10. Haddad, Joseph  Changed from abusing his parents and his wife, his compassion reaches out to Lebanese refugees and to those Arabs and Jews who treat him as an enemy.

11. Katanacho, Yohanna   As a young Arab and leader in an atheist student movement, he had a strange encounter with God. He hated deeply Israeli soldiers, but came to love them and shared the Gospel with them.

12. Kazoura, George  His ambition was to have revenge on the people who had caused him and his family such distress and hardship in 1948 in Haifa. Then a wonderful change!

13. Khoury, Naim  A nominal Christian finds forgiveness and the power to forgive at the Cross. His church in Bethlehem is growing in spite of an assassination attempt and church bombings.

14. Madanat, Labib   Labib, former director of the Palestinian Bible Society, is a good example of cruciformity in reconciliation between Jews and Arabs as he coordinates projects involving Arabs and Jews.

15. Raheb, Maron  Once a drug addict and dealer, who hated his father and Jews, Maron is now a pastor and evangelist in Jerusalem, sharing a ministry with a Jew, Doron Schneider.

16. Rami [NEW] Rami determined to get even with the Israelis for killing his older brother. Through much prayer he gained the power to obey Jesus' commands to "love you enemies" and "bless those who persecute you."

17. Rebiai, Marcel   Born into a Muslim family, Marcel escaped from an abusive orphanage/military training camp in Algeria. Read about his "Damascus Road experience" in a jail in Switzerland.

18. Sa'ada, Tass (A)  From the Foreword of Once an Arafat Man: The True Story of How a PLO Sniper Found a New Life. The transformation of a Palestinian Muslim refugee from hatred into love and hope.   

19. Sa'ada, Tass (B)  Joel Rosenberg meets Tass Saada and they visit wounded Jews and Arabs in a hospital. Tass shares his story as they bless the hospital with funds. 

20. Sara, Jack  "From Prison to Pastor"  After committing his life to Christ, Jack found healing of hatred and revenge against Jews through a desert experience with Musalaha.

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B. Stories of Messianic Jews Who Manifest Cruciformity

(Incomplete -- Click on title above for link to list)

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