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  • 10 Feb 2013
    Palestinian settlements: Political irony, existential cruelty

    Israeli politicians should forsake their land-grab policies and in the process help sow the seeds of hope and peace for two peoples who vie for legitimacy and rights over the same small parcel of land, says Dr Harry Hagopian, regional experts and Ekklesia associate. After all, it is axiomatic that citizenry rights are redundant unless they are vested with sovereignty, too.

  • 10 Feb 2013
    Background to Autism Sunday (10 February 2013)

    Churches across Britain will mark Autism Sunday once again today (10 February 2013).

  • 5 Feb 2013
    BBC under fire over cuts, job losses and mismanagement

    BBC journalists have agreed to a corporation-wide 'work to rule' and strike action over compulsory redundancies imposed by the Corporation.

  • 4 Feb 2013
    Justice is the key to peace in Colombia

    In years of conflict Colombia has seen five million people displaced, 60,000 declared as “missing”, thousands killed, and a million hectares of land snatched away from the rightful owners. Dr Marcelo Schneider addresses the justice that is bound up with peace in a troubled land, and sets the scene for the work of the the Programme of Ecumenical Accompaniment in Colombia (PEAC), inspired by the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

  • 3 Feb 2013
    Hunger can be ended: but how and by whom?
  • 2 Feb 2013
    United Methodists asked to avoid SodaStream products

    United Methodists have been asked to avoid SodaStream products advertised during the Super Bowl, as part of a boycott of illegal Israeli settlements.

  • 1 Feb 2013
    The Israeli elections: Plus ca change...?

    Now the dust is settling a little on the Israeli election result, what are we to make of it? Regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian provides a sober assessment, focussing especially on Yair Lapid, kingmaker and leader of Yesh Atid (There is a Future). Insofar as Israel-Palestine is concerned, Lapid should insist upon a more centrist view that would stop the unremitting colonisation of Palestinian lands and encourage saving the last gasp of the two-state solution, he suggests.

  • 29 Jan 2013
    Salmond to be quizzed on tax, welfare and the environment

    Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will answer questions on tax, welfare, the environment and more as he gives the Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture tonight.

  • 29 Jan 2013
    Condemnation for killing of Brazilian landless rights leader

    Christian Aid has condemned the fatal shooting of Brazilian landless rights leader Cicero Guedes, who has worked tirelessly for Brazil's poor.

  • 29 Jan 2013
    Welcome for new Bill to 'reinstate' the National Health Service

    The National Health Action party, set up to work against the destruction of the NHS, has welcomed Lord David Owen’s NHS 'Re-instatement' Bill.