February 6th Daoud Nas sar from Tent of Nations will be visiting 3D and the Vrije Universite it to tell us about the hardship he and his family experienced living on the Westbank in Palestine. Tent of Nations became known for their relentless search for peace and continuous refusal to be enemies. < /p>
The Palestinian Christian Nassar family in Bethlehem runs the Tent of Nations farm near Bethlehem. They purchased their land in 191 6, have the ownership documents, but have since 1991 been engaged in an exhausting legal battle with the Israeli authorities who claim tha t their land belongs to the state of Israel. Meanwhile, settlers intimidate the family, build roads on their land, and have establish ed a new outpost right behind the fence surrounding the Nassar proper ty. International volunteers provide a basic form of “protective pr esence” around the farm that has become a symbol of resilience.&nbs p;
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Daoud Nassar, a Palestinian farmer and human rights activist. He runs the Tent of Nations farm in Bethlehem. Despite the extreme difficult circumstance s, the Nassar family is committed to nonviolent resistance.
Moderator: Janneke Stegeman
Janneke Stegema n is a theologian who earned her PhD at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with a dissertation on conflict and power in religious traditions, ti tled Decolonizing Jeremiah. Her work is rooted in liber ation theology, postcolonial theology, and Indecent Theology, a radic al, embodied approach to theology.
This event is co-organ ized with Vrienden van Tent of Nations Nederland, www.tentofnations.nl
DESCRIPTION: The Palestinian Christian Nassar family in Bethlehem runs the Tent of Nations farm near Bethlehem. They purchased their land i n 1916, have the ownership documents, but have since 1991 been engage d in an exhausting legal battle with the Israeli authorities who clai m that their land belongs to the state of Israel. Meanwhile, set tlers intimidate the family, build roads on their land, and have esta blished a new outpost right behind the fence surrounding the Nassar p roperty. International volunteers provide a basic form of “protecti ve presence” around the farm that has become a symbol of resilience . Speaker: &nb sp; Daoud Nassar, a Pale stinian farmer and human rights activist. He runs the Tent of Nations farm in Bethlehem. Despite the extreme difficult circumstances, the Nassar family is committed to nonviolent resistance. Mo derator: Janneke Stegeman Janneke Stegeman is a theologian w ho earned her PhD at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with a dissertation on conflict and power in religious traditions, titled Decol onizing Jeremiah. Her work is rooted in liberation theology, pos tcolonial theology, and Indecent Theology, a radical, embodied approa ch to theology. This event is co-organized with Vrienden v an Tent of Nations Nederland, www.tentofnations.nl February 6th Daoud Nassar from Tent of Nations will be visiting 3D and the Vrije Universiteit to tell us ab out the hardship he and his family experienced living on the Westbank in Palestine. Tent of Nations became known for their relentless sear ch for peace and continuous refusal to be enemies. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR