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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  • 1 Feb 2009
    Having faith in shared humanity

    Christians, Muslims and Jews have appealed together for the victims of the conflict in Gaza.

  • 29 Jan 2009
    On the wrong side of history?

    Barack Obama spoke in his inauguration of "being on the wrong side of history", says Uri Avnery. For the USA and Israel the Gaza tragedy shows what this means. But there is 'another Israel'.

  • 23 Jan 2009
    Gaza 'full of blood and grief' says Anglican hospital director

    Following an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are only beginning to realise the scope of their losses from a three-week Israeli onslaught, says the director of the Anglican Al Ahli Arab Hospital.

  • 21 Jan 2009
    Churches issue Middle East challenge to new US president

    Churches for Middle East Peace have called on President Barack Obama to fulfill his recent statements to engage in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts from day one of his administration.

  • 19 Jan 2009
    Hamas joins cessation as hopes rise for Gaza truce

    Hamas has announced a ceasefire of its rocket attacks on Israel, in a move it said was independent of the Israeli earlier on Sunday. The truce is fragile but there are hopes it can be consolidated.

  • 18 Jan 2009
    Rockets and bombs from both sides test 'ceasefire'

    A missile and rocket exchange between Hamas militants and Israeli forces has immediately challenged the partial Gaza ceasefire announced unilaterally by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday night.

  • 18 Jan 2009
    A moment of opportunity in Gaza?

    Amid the the violence, tragedy and politics of Gaza, there are deep forces of destruction at work, says Gene Stoltzfus. But there may also be sparks of hope which require prayerful discernment out of which a different quality of action can come.

  • 18 Jan 2009
    Israel announces a halt to its onslaught against Gaza

    Following a huge barrage the night before, Israel yesterday announced that it is to halt the main part of its three-week military offensive in the Gaza Strip, but without bilateral agreement or withdrawal.

  • 17 Jan 2009
    UNWRA raises war crimes charge as Israeli attacks shadow truce talks

    The UN Relief and Works Agency says Israel's shelling of a UN compound in Gaza yesterday should be investigated as a war crime. Israel carried out 50 air strikes as its cabinet prepared to vote on a ceasefire.

  • 17 Jan 2009
    Joint US Muslim, Jewish and Christian plea for Gaza peace

    A group of 60 Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders in Boston, USA, have issued a joint statement calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, asserting their common humanity and recognising the intense pain of the conflict.