Is it possible to live at peace in the midst of conflict? As a child, Elias Chacour lived in a small Palestinian village in Galilee. The townspeople were proud of their ancient Christian heritage and lived at peace with their Jewish neighbors. But in 1948 and '49 their idyllic lifestyle was swept away as tens of thousands of Palestinians were killed and nearly one million forced into refugee camps. An exile in his native land, Elias began a years-long struggle with his love for the Jewish people and the world's misunderstanding of his own people, the Palestinians. How was he to respond? He found his answer in the simple, haunting words of the man of Galilee: "Blessed are the peacemakers." In a world of tension and terror, Blood Brothers offers hope and insight that can help each of us learn to live at peace.

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Review 1 for Blood Brothers

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5 out of 5

Date:September 17, 2009

Dwight Baker

I have read this book and did not do the research, but everything that is contained in the book as read from an Orthodox viewpoint stands to reason - specifically the bottom line of the book says that european christians desired to hasten the "2nd" coming and thus needed Israel to become a nation. This began after ww2

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Review 2 for Blood Brothers

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5 out of 5

Date:July 17, 2004

Bill Laycock

Father Chacour, the author of this book, is the most accurate portrayal of the true teachings and life of Jesus Christ that I have ever witnessed. Having spent extended time with him in the United States and at his school in Israel I know for a fact that love runs through him for all people, not just the Palestinians. Father Chacour has been a lighthouse shining God's love to all, in spite of persecution, hatred and violence. This book introduces you to this great man of God and I hope reading it will increase your desire for justice for ALL of God's people.

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Review 3 for Blood Brothers

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Date:March 22, 2003

Michael

As I read Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour, I researched what I read and I've concluded this book is propaganda and filled with lies to make Israel look bad. I compared the information it gave about thebirth of modern Israel to the PLO's homepage. Although the PLO gives different information about the percentage of Israel's population that was Jewish andwhat percentage of the land was given to Israel than information I've found at other places, even this biased source of information says Israel had more Jews living in the land than what Elias Chacour claims. In reality, in 1947 when the UN divided the land between Arabs and Jews they gave land that had a mostly Jewishpopulation to Israel and land with a mostly Arab population to the Arabs. The only exception wasJerusalem which had a mostly Jewish population but with pressure from Arabs wasn't given to Israel. According to Chacour most of the land given to Israelhad a mostly Arab population. In this book he says the Jews told him and family after they left their village that could come on Christmas day 1952 but when theygot back the Israelis made them watch as the army destroyed the village including his church. In his sequel book We Belong to the Land he says the village was destroyed in September in 1953. Although some of the village was destroyed in September 1953 the church still exists and the story in Blood Brothers about Christmas 1952 is complete fiction. In researching the details I met Norma Archbold over the internet who is an author who has interviewed people in the villageand researched the book. There are many other things in this book that make it fiction instead oftrue portrait of life in the Middle East.

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