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Israel Palestine

October 25, 2019

UN expert calls for decisive response to end Israel’s ‘occu-annexation’

The 52 year occupation has been characterised by a strong sense of impunity on the part of the occupying power, says UN expert.
March 13, 2019

‘The Deal of the Century’: Peace Plan or sinking the last lingering hopes for peace?

I came across the following startling tweet on 2 March 2019.
September 2, 2018

Christian Aid statement on US withdrawal of aid to UNRWA

Christian Aid released a statement on the US withdrawing aid to UNRWA for Palestine Refugees.
April 1, 2018

WCC decries violence on Israel-Palestinian border

After at least 17 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,400 injured by Israeli fire at the Gaza border as Palestinians observed a national day of mourning on 31 March 2018.
January 16, 2018

Israel should release 16-year-old Palestinian activist, Ahed Tamimi, says Amnesty

The Israeli authorities must release Ahed Tamimi, the 16-year-old Palestinian activist who could face up to ten years in prison over an altercation with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last month, Amnesty International said ahead of her appearance in court on 15 January 2018.
June 12, 2017

WCC decries 50 years of occupation of Palestinian territories

Writing 100 years after the Balfour Declaration and 50 years after Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories captured in the 1967 War, the World Council of Churches’ executive committee has lamented the ongoing failure of the parties to seek a just peace..
May 9, 2017

World Council of Churches concern at conditions for Palestinian prisoners

The WCC General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed his concern regarding the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. Over 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli prisons began a hunger strike on 17 April 2017, demanding improved prison conditions.
April 27, 2017

Human Rights Watch granted Israeli work permit

The Israeli authorities have granted a work visa to Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch, upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport.
March 31, 2017

EAAPI and holy work for the Holy Land

Stakeholders, ecumenical partners and staff of the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel are gathered at the annual meeting 27-31 March this week in Geneva to nurture and strengthen a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
March 14, 2017

US pastors reflect on Holy Land pilgrimage

In mid-February, 16 African-American pastors from the USA toured the Holy Land to learn more about the Israel- Palestine conflict. The visit was an initiative by the Lott Carey Global Christian Missional Community and led by its president, the Rev. Dr Alyn E. Waller, who is a senior pastor at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia..