20/08/1994: Religious profession in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
08/09/2000: Ordained to the priesthood in Jerusalem
Completed BA, MA, and PhD (Political Science) at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and degrees in Theology at Centre Sèvres in Paris and Scriptures at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome
Teaches Scriptures at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Seminary and in the Religious Studies Department at Bethlehem University
March 15, 2009 – August 14, 2017: Appointed Patriarchal Vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics by Patriarch Fouad Twal
Coordinator of the Pastoral Care for migrant workers and asylum seekers until 2017
2021: Secretary-general – Coordinator - Responsible for communication for the Synod
Publications:
Justice and the Intifada: Palestinians and Israelis Speak Out (edited with Kathy Bergen and Ghassan Rubeiz), New York, Friendship Press, 1991
Kritische Solidarität: Einige Uberlegungen zur Rolle privlegierter Christinnen und Christen im Kampf der Enteigneten, Trier, Aphorisma Kulturverein, 1995
The Land that I will show you… Land, Bible and History (written in collaboration with Alain Marchadour), published in French (2006), English (2007), Italian (2007) and German (2011).
Je vous écris de la Terre Sainte (written in French), Bayard, 2017.
Introduction to Judaism for Christian Arabs (Arabic), Dar al-Machreq, 2019.