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  • 21 May 2012
    Churches urged to act together to end Gaza 'scandal'

    The churches should act together to get the British government to act for an end to the Israeli blockade on Gaza, the Kirk Assembly has agreed.

  • 14 May 2012
    Palestine: an idea or a reality?

    In the midst of significant, but not necessarily tectonic, changes across the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, what has happened to Palestine, a virtual state clothed with a real idea, which had been at the forefront of the political imagination of the Arab masses for long decades? Dr Harry Hagopian examines long standing questions and recent developments with an eye to addressing 'the elephant in the room' of MENA politics.

  • 30 Jan 2012
    Alarm at increased settler attacks against Palestinian villages

    Asira Al-Qibliya residents are experiencing increased, organized attacks by Jewish settlers on their West Bank village, say Ecumenical accompaniers.

  • 28 Jan 2012
    New year, new direction in the Middle East?

    Can we expect 2012 to be as monumentally eventful in the Middle East as 2011? Perhaps even more so.

  • 21 Jan 2012
    What hope and promise for Palestine?

    Earlier this week, a meeting took place at Lambeth Palace in London between key representatives from the Church of England, the Catholic Church as well as the Church of Scotland on the one hand and the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation on the other.

  • 12 Jan 2012
    From Vietnam to Palestine: A crime of silence?

    Palestine remains politically inert despite the artificial fireworks of a UN application for statehood or membership of UNESCO, observes Dr Harry Hagopian. So why is Palestine faced with such a thunderous crime of silence? After all, over the past year, we have been witnessing popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa region. Where is the disconnect here?

  • 1 Dec 2011
    Neither Abbas nor Mashal can unite the Palestinian people

    Palestinian leaders Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Mashal met in Cairo recently to try to resolve their differences. The outcome is not totally clear yet, says commentator Ghassan Michel Rubeiz. But what is certain is that it will take more than handshaking and an embrace for Palestinians to settle their deep divisions.

  • 24 Nov 2011
    Can Palestinian leaders unite around a common vision?

    Unity for the Palestinians will be achieved only when the people collectively build a common vision on how to tackle the occupation, says Ghassan Rubeiz, noting the encouraging moves towards nonviolence at the grassroots and among some key protagonists.

  • 22 Nov 2011
    Ecumenical group highlights damage caused by Israeli house demolitions

    An Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) visit to Imneizil has seen at first-hand the impact of Israeli house demolitions.

  • 16 Nov 2011
    Palestinian 'freedom riders' dragged off bus to Jerusalem

    Palestinian activists describing themselves as 'freedom riders' have been dragged by police off an Israeli bus they planned to ride into Jerusalem.