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14 Dec 2011

Record number of Palestinians displaced by Israeli demolitions

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, 20 leading aid and human rights groups say.
28 Sep 2011

Jerusalem churches on Palestinian statehood

Among those with a significant stake in achieving a just-peace for Palestinians and Israelis are the Heads of Christian Churches in Jerusalem. Earlier this month they issued a communiqué, reported in Ekklesia (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15393), which sets out their perception of the key principles involved in the debate about Palestinian statehood.
17 Sep 2011

Heads of churches in Jerusalem want negotiated Palestinian state

Church leaders in Jerusalem have said that they support a negotiated solution to the question of a Palestinian state in the Middle East.
16 Sep 2011

Jerusalem interfaith dialogue sees increased participation

Religious leaders in Jerusalem are more willing than ever before to take part in dialogue with members of other faiths despite growing political tensions.
13 Apr 2011

Jerusalem church chiefs protest against new Israeli tax move

The heads of Churches in Jerusalem have expressed concern over renewed moves by the Israeli authorities to tax church buildings and properties.
25 Mar 2011

From Gaza to Jerusalem: Jewish Voice for Peace

"In mourning the nine lives lost in Gaza and the one life lost in Jerusalem this week," says Jewish Voice for Peace, "we reject the pattern of condemning the deaths of Israelis while ignoring the deaths of Palestinians. We do not discriminate. One life lost is one life too many - whether Palestinian or Israeli." JVP also situate the events within the context of 44 years of the Israeli occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
10 Mar 2011

Haggadah and Jerusalem: personal and political

With the arrival of spring and the marking of Passover, Lent and Easter come two new and very different books that chronicle the pleasures and challenges of an interfaith world.
22 Jan 2011

Christian unity week focuses prayer and concern on Jerusalem

This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, currently running, is drawing on resources produced in partnership with the churches of Jerusalem.
8 Nov 2010

Mark Thomas praises Christian nonviolent resistance in Palestine

The activist comedian Mark Thomas has praised Palestinian Christians for their role in the growth of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.
6 Sep 2010

World churches' leader honoured in Jerusalem

The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has been presented with the Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

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