Saturday, March 29, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
March Community Call with I Witness Silwan
by Christians for a Free Palestine
As Christian Nationalists attempt to remove Palestinian activists in the U.S. through Project Esther, they are also key participants in the removal of Palestinians from their homes in Palestine, a fact that the Palestinian community of Silwan knows all too well.
In Silwan, a neighborhood in Occupied East Jerusalem, the Israeli government and settler organizations funded by Americans are destroying living Palestinian neighborhoods with a biblical theme park catered to tourists. But as part of the many tools of their resistance, Palestinians are responding with art that declares they will not be disappeared.
For our March Community Call, we have a powerful opportunity to hear live updates from community members in Silwan as we continue to work together to resist Christian Zionism, and fight for a Free Palestine.
Many Christian tourists visit biblical sites without realizing — or choosing to ignore — that the Israeli government is actively demolishing Palestinian homes and communities to make these spaces tourist-friendly. This call is a chance to hear the truth.
Join us on Saturday, March 29th, from 2:00-3:30pm EST for live updates from a Silwan resident resisting displacement alongside Palestinian American researcher Halah Ahmad, who focuses on the effects of Christian Zionist tourism, and esteemed Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, who is collaborating with I Witness Silwan on the “Eyes of the Blind Man” mural in Silwan — the site of the “pools of Siloam” (aka Silwan), where Jesus is said to have given sight.
By painting stunning images of eyes on walls across the neighborhood, Palestinian residents and artists send a clear message of samoud, or “steadfastness”, as part of their longstanding fight against dispossession. In the words of Jawad Siyam, Director of Madaa Silwan Creative Center, “The staring eyes say to people that we see them and they should see us too…we love our land and our home.”
At CFP, we are committed to exposing how Christianity is misused to justify the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians — and to building a movement that boldly says No to this injustice.
Will you join us on March 29th to learn from the story of Silwan?