Elias Chacour

I don’t know of a better way to gain meaningful insight into the Middle East conflict. Elias Chacour is a Palestinian Christian whose family was driven out of the young State of Israel. He has devoted his life to cultivating neighborly love between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle East. This book is the engagingly written story of his life.

What really sets this book apart is that Chacour takes seriously the concern of many American Christians with Bible prophecy and what it has show more to say about Israel. This is his challenge: Belief in prophecy does not overrule the duty of obedience to the God Who is love. And he doesn’t say this in order to dismiss prophecy. He believes in it too.

If I could, I would give this book to every Christian in America who has wasted time on Left Behind novels and Bible-based fantasies. As someone named Paul once said, once you’re grown, it is time to put away childish things.

The best things about this book are its honesty and the way that it gives realistic hope for peace. show less

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 early in 1947, 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 show more 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 Blood Brothers, Chacour blends his riveting life story with historical research to reveal a little-known side of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the birth of modern Israel. He touches on controversial questions such as "What behind-the-scenes politics touched off the turmoil in the Middle East?", "What does Bible prophecy really have to say?", and "Can bitter enemies ever be reconciled?"
Originally published by Chosen Books in 1984 and now expanded with a new introduction by the author, a new foreword by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, and a "Since Then" epilogue by writer David Hazard, this compelling book offers readers hope-filled insight into living at peace in the most volatile region of the world. show less

An eye-opening account of a Christian Palestinian Family whose roots in the land go back to the time of Christ. This book helped me understand the Palestinian side of the Middle East conflict in Israel. I don't know what the answer is for Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but I do know if more of the leaders on both sides were as inclined towards love and peace as the family described in this book, that peace would be attainable.

Wonderful book on the conflict in the middle east from a perspective we don't often hear. Bravery is a quality that has no race or religion, it is something born in the depths the human soul.