by Yohanna Katanacho | Jan 30, 2020 | Opinion
President Trump is suggesting releasing the prisoners, helping the refugees, liberating lands, bringing security, ending wars and offering financial success in his recent “Peace to Prosperity” document. He wants to build a sophisticated economy, transportation and...
by Yohanna Katanacho | May 16, 2018 | Opinion
We lament the killing of almost 60 of our people in Gaza. We lament the injury of hundreds of our children, the trauma of our people, their hunger, their humiliation and their dehumanization. We bleed tears and feel great anguish as we see the brutality of...
by Yohanna Katanacho | Dec 8, 2017 | Opinion
I am an evangelical Palestinian born and raised in Jerusalem. This influences how I see the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, which President Trump announced on Dec. 6. I appreciate the president asking God to bless both Israelis and Palestinians. I have...
by Yohanna Katanacho | Dec 23, 2016 | Opinion
I want to compare between the trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem in the first and 21st centuries. I am a Palestinian Israeli citizen. I live in Nazareth and continually commute to Bethlehem. In fact, this Christmas I am travelling with my family from Nazareth to...
by Yohanna Katanacho | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion
There are 8.3 million citizens in Israel: 6.6 million are Jews and 1.7 million are Arabs. More than 20 percent of the citizens of Israel are Palestinian Israeli Arabs. Admittedly, the state of Israel has provided some state-run schools for its Arab citizens and has...