Naim Ateek

Naim Ateek is the director of Sabeel Liberation Theology Center, a grassroots movement that seeks to deepen the faith of Palestinian Christians, and the author of Faith and the Intifada: Palestinian Christian Voices and Justice, and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation.

Although anti-Semitism is evil, its presence in modern society is partly the fault of Israeli policies toward Palestinians. Israel’s unjust treatment of Palestinians, including human rights violations and confiscation of land, has done a disservice to Judaism, God, and humanity.

In the early fifties when John Foster Dulles, then US Secretary of State, was asked about the Palestinians, his reply was, “the parents will die and the children will forget”. This was the hope on which many pro- Israel people were banking. The truth today is that most Palestinians have not forgotten. Palestine...