Banksy opens hotel on Bethlehem barrier wall

There is unlikely to be much room for last-minute travellers at Bethlehem’s latest inn. The Walled Off Hotel might sound utilitarian, even bleak: 10 rooms nestled against the controversial barrier wall separating Israel from the Palestinian territories.

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HACKSAW RIDGE (2016)

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HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH TAUGHT HIM THAT killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.

'Desperate' Afghan children go on hunger strike in France in bid to rejoin families in UK

Hunger strike is a form of non-violent protest, used by Aung San Suu Kyi, links to Martin Luther King's non-violent protests and whatnot.


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Britain is now the second biggest arms dealer in the world

If you need to add a positive evaluation of war to an answer, use the fact that we make so much money out of it.

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Read more about Aung San Suu Kyi, a useful example of non-violent protest, used in units Religion and Conflict, Authority: Religion and State

The 70-year-old spent much of her time between 1989 and 2010 in some form of detention because of her efforts to bring democracy to military-ruled Myanmar (Burma) - a fact that made her an international symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppression.

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Are floods a punishment from God? According to the Bible, it wouldn't be the first time...

The problem of suffering, natural in this case, is it a test (Story of Job) or a punishment (Original Sin or our own actions?).  This chap believes suffering is a punishment, or at least he did until it was him doing the suffering.  C'est la vie, as they say.

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Middle East Conflict

Articles on life in Israel/Palestine.  Useful for the Religion and Conflict unit and whatnot

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