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  • 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.

  • 26 Dec 2012
    Jerusalem church hears Christmas call for active peacemaking

    “The prophet Isaiah promises a prince of peace who will burn all the combat boots and bloodied uniforms, stoking a fire to light the way toward justice and peace.”

  • 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.

  • 6 Dec 2012
    Podcast update: UN status of Palestine, Egyptian Constitution, Syria

    The latest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) podcast, conducted with James Abbott at the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, looks at Palestine's new situation at the United Nations, after the General Assembly recently voted to bestow on it Non-Observer Member State status.

  • 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
    Palestine upgrade 'brings obligations under international law'

    Palestine's recognition as a non-member observer state of the United Nations brings with it obligations under international law, says Amnesty International.

  • 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.