The Olof Palme Memorial Fund in Stockholm awarded its 2015 Olof Palme Prize jointly to Mitri Raheb (above), pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Bethlehem, and Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, columnist for Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper. Long engaged in local, regional and international efforts on behalf of Palestine, Raheb is president of Dar al-Kalima University College in Bethlehem.
Raheb awarded
February 22, 2016
