Update from Al Ahli hospital in #Gaza city

👇 Video update & info about our partner, Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. Please continue to keep the staff and patients in your prayers:

#StopArmingIsrael

📢The UK Govt must halt arms exports to Israel & demand a permanent #CeasefireNOW in Gaza.
We have joined the humanitarian sector in signing an open letter to Kemi Badenoch & David Cameron calling for the govt to #StopArmingIsrael .
Read the letter here: 👉embraceme.org/news-1/embrace…

🔴 NEW

'I Called out 'Free Speech Champion' Laurence Fox as a “Racist” – and He Tried (and Failed) to Bully Me into Silence'

Mukhtar explains how “a normal working-class bloke from the Ends” took on the millionaire-backed Reclaim Party leader

bylinetimes.com/2024/04/11/i-c…

✨ Stories from Gaza ✨

“The war took my life’s happiness away from me” – Sami
“Will I be able to walk again?” – Ameera

Hear directly from two Christians sheltering in the churches in Gaza City on the Stories section of our website:
👉embraceme.org/stories

We echo the shock and concern at this news, and call for Layan’s swift and safe release. 👇
Please join us in praying for Layan, and her family and community, at this deeply worrying and unsettling time. 🙏

Hear Embrace the Middle East’s Tim Livesey give more details…

✨Supporting children with disabilities in Gaza:
With Embrace funding, our partner the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre has been providing 2 staff members in Gaza w/ additional trauma support training & occupational therapist coaching sessions, enabling them to help more children.

📢“We say, 'Enough killing!' and together demand a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire.”
Together with 140+ global Christian leaders, we have signed a letter calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza & the halt of arms sales to Israel.
Full letter here:👉shorturl.at/EFGV7

I hope Billie Piper sues him.

✨ It's been 70 years since our much-loved Bethlehem Carol Sheet was first printed. To celebrate, we'll be creating a new version for 2024 - and we'd love to hear your opinions...

Have your say by taking a few minutes to complete our short survey:
👉shop.embraceme.org/pages/bethlehe…

✨ Treat the little ones in your life to this delicious AND meaningful chocolate egg from our online shop! Comes with a fair trade dark chocolate egg and a 24-page Easter story-activity book.
Purchase it here:
👉shop.embraceme.org/products/the-r…

✨ Stories from the war in Gaza: Meet George, Embrace partner
For the past 6 months, George and his family have called the Catholic church in Gaza City home. George shares about the challenges they are facing - and the hope they are clinging to:
👉embraceme.org/stories/storie…

No words.

‘In a world that wants to see only one side of every conflict, where people believe only their own propaganda, this book is a bravely different voice.’
📖 Written by a Palestinian Christian and Israeli Messianic Jew, buy this book on our online shop:
shop.embraceme.org/products/throu…

✨ The spring edition of our magazine is now out! ✨
From an update from our long-term partner in Gaza to info about new projects we're supporting in the West Bank and Egypt, it is packed with insightful features. Click the link to read it now:
👉shorturl.at/acsOS

✨ Yesterday marked the first full day of Ramadan. Millions of Muslims across the world will observe this month of fasting and prayer – but what actually happens during Ramadan, and why is it so significant for Muslims?
✨ Find out more on the blog: embraceme.org/blog/an-introd…