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  • 24 Jan 2008
    WCC asks for solidarity with churches in Gaza

    The heads of churches the Holy Land called on the international community and the state of Israel to end the current siege on the Gaza Strip which has caused most recently cuts in electricity and limited the shipments of medicine, fuel, food and other goods across the border.

  • 24 Jan 2008
    Christian Aid joins condemnation of Israel's blockade of Gaza

    Christian Aid has added its voice to the growing condemnation of Israel's blockade of Gaza. The breach of the border between Gaza and Egypt demonstrates the desperation of a people held hostage to both a policy of collective punishment and an inadequate peace process, Christian Aid said yesterday.

  • 23 Jan 2008
    Catholic agency calls for Gaza action as residents seek help from Egypt

    As Gaza residents flood into Egypt seeking basic goods for survival, Caritas Jerusalem, the Catholic aid network, is joining church, United Nations agencies and NGOs in calling for measures to end the escalating crisis in Gaza.

  • 22 Jan 2008
    Israel will let Gaza live, but just for one day so far

    Following protests from civic, human rights and church groups, Israel has said that it will allow some fuel and medicine into the Gaza Strip - but only for one day. Its blockade has contributed to a large humanitarian crisis.

  • 3 Jan 2008
    Israelis launch assault on Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

    The Israeli army has launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing at least nine people in a series of military air strikes and shelling attacks. It has been accused of breaking the spirit of the Annapolis peace agreement.

  • 20 Nov 2007
    Middle East conference will fail unless crisis in Gaza is on agenda

    Christian Aid and some 40 other development and human rights organisations are warning world leaders attending the Middle East conference in Annapolis of the dangers of ignoring the humanitarian and political crisis in Gaza.

  • 23 Sep 2007
    Israeli electricity and fuel clampdown on Gaza condemned by church and aid groups

    An Israeli government plan to suspend electricity and fuel to Gaza’s civilian population will severely impact local people’s health and wellbeing, harming peace and security in the area, church and development organisations have declared.

  • 4 Jul 2007
    Alan Johnston is free...

    ... and the world is rejoicing. As are we. But thousands of people remain incarcerated in the region, not least in Iraq.

  • 4 Jul 2007
    Archbishop Sentamu drums Alan Johnston to freedom in Gaza

    The Archbishop of York pounded an African drum to celebrate the release of the BBC's Alan Johnston from captivity in Gaza today. Now Hamas wants recognition for its Palestinian authority. And many non-Westerners remain in prison.

  • 4 Jul 2007
    Now is the time to end Palestinian isolation, says church agency

    With global attention focussing on news of BBC journalist Alan Johnston's release from captivity in Gaza, a leading church agency says it is time to end the isolation of the Palestinian authority if peace is to be possible.