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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  • 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.

  • 14 Oct 2011
    Focus on Middle East Quartet policy, rather than Tony Blair

    As discussions over the future of Israel and Palestine resumes in Brussels this weekend, attention has once again turned towards the role of the Quartet on the Middle East, the collectivity of nations and international and supranational bodies involved in mediating the peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • 20 Sep 2011
    Palestinians, the UN and the quest for statehood

    Palestinian authorities are bidding to gain international recognition of Statehood at the United Nations in New York. The US favours direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine and has already expressed serious reservations with Secretary of State Clinton saying "the route [to peace] lies in Jerusalem and Ramallah not in New York".

  • 25 May 2011
    A pessoptimistic overview of the Middle East and North Africa

    There are plenty of grounds for a paradoxical 'pessoptimism' about developments in the Middle East and North Africa, writes Harry Hagopian. The huge Arab struggles for dignity and freedom are vital but will take a long time. History in Europe and the USA should surely teach us that revolutions are never made in one swoop, but take time and cause pain.

  • 16 May 2011
    Israeli troops open fire in clashes with Palestinian protesters

    Human rights groups have criticised Israeli armed forces for firing on unarmed protesters at borders with the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon.

  • 10 May 2011
    Palestinian agreement a sign of hope, says churches' chief

    The WCC general secretary hopes that an inter-Palestinian agreement will strengthen the search for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Israel/Palestine.

  • 8 May 2011
    Reconciliation: encouragement or hindrance to peace?

    There are serious questions to be asked about the unity pact between the two Palestinian factions of Fatah and Hamas, says Harry Hagopian. But meanwhile the Israeli prime minister remains dwarfed by the real significance of the Arab Spring, and a huge block to progress towards a just peace for all. He is still a tactician at best, with precious little strategic foresight.

  • 6 May 2011
    Worldwide just-peace action on Israel and Palestine announced

    A church-backed week-long series of global events to promote a just peace in Israel and Palestine will take place from 29 May to 4 June 2011.