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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  • 28 Mar 2013
    Obama was in Israel...and also in Palestine and Jordan

    Hope solely in an America-tailored and enforced settlement between Israelis and Palestinians today is nothing more than a chimera, says regional expert and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian, in the wake of the US President's regional visit. Moreover, the two peoples will only manage to draw nearer to a peaceful resolution of the conflict if Israel acknowledges that it is occupying and colonising another people on their land and desist from applying those oppressive measures that are apartheid-like.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 27 Jan 2013
    US religious leaders seek two-state solution for Palestine and Israel

    Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious and lay organisations and institutions have pledged to mobilise fresh support for peace in the Middle East.

  • 17 Dec 2012
    South African church leaders disturbed by what they saw in Israel and Palestine

    A delegation of South African church leaders has returned from a one-week solidarity visit to the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem in Palestine-Israel.

  • 5 Dec 2012
    Churches oppose proposed US cuts to support for Palestine

    Churches for Middle East Peace and other church and civil society groups in the United States are working to forestall a backlash against Palestinians.

  • 3 Dec 2012
    The Holy Land: a vision rather than a nightmare

    Dr Harry Hagopian suggests that a recent letter to the UK Foreign Secretary from two senior bishops opens up some fruitful lines of investigation in understanding, and seeking solutions to, a long-standing grievance in the Middle East.

  • 3 Dec 2012
    Senior bishops regret UK failure to back Palestinian statehood

    Two senior bishops, an Anglican and a Catholic, have written a public letter to Foreign Secretary William Hague urging fresh thinking about Israel-Palestine.

  • 1 Dec 2012
    Israel condemned for plan to extend illegal settlements

    The Israeli government is facing international condemnation for a proposal for 3,000 new settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.

  • 30 Nov 2012
    World churches' body welcomes UN decision on Palestine

    The newly upgraded status of Palestine in the United Nations has been welcomed as a positive step forward by the World Council of Churches.