'I do feel like we were an eyewitness to history here, not a history that we're proud of, but a history that we need to bear witness to,' said one pastor.
A Dallas pastor was leading a group from Texas, including two San Antonians on a pilgrimage through the Holy Land when the Israel-Hamas conflict began.
Mason founded the group, Faith Commons in 2018 to provide a safe space for people of all religions. It is led by Mason and a Dallas rabbi. Mason had been near Bethlehem for a few days prior to the group’s arrival, attending a conference at a Palestinian University. On Saturday, the day they intended on starting the pilgrimage, violence broke out. Some of the group arrived in Jerusalem.“We were hearing rockets coming into Jerusalem, but the security system called the Iron Dome was demolishing them before they could land,” Mason said.
“There are people who are dying, there are people who a grieving, there is a country that is traumatized,” Mason said.
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