FATHER MANUEL MUSALLAM is a Catholic priest, political activist and writer. He is iconic in his native Palestine. Born in 1938, in the town of Birzeit in the central West Bank, Musallam studied philosophy and theology to become a priest in 1963. He has served various parishes, from Jordan’s Zarqa and Anjara in the 1960s, to Palestine’s Jenin (1970–1975), Zababdeh (1975–1995) and finally Gaza (1995–2009). Father Musallam chaired the Palestinian Department of Christians, the Palestinian Independent Commission to Pursue Israeli War Criminals in 2002, and Gaza’s Islamic-Christian Forum, among various peacekeeping roles which, ultimately, earned him the Catholic title of Monsignor in 2006. Father Musallam retired to his birthplace, Birzeit, in 2009. His fierce pro-Palestinian advocacy continues to this day.