israel-palestine

February 28, 2018

The MENA and Gulf regions: any rays of light?

With the vernal equinox almost upon us, and the days getting longer, brighter and therefore more hopeful, in spite of a period of storms, can the same be said about the MENA (Middle East and North
January 10, 2018

American Friends Service Committee among NGOs banned by Israel

The American Friends Service Committee is one of 20 organisations whose members are now banned from entering Israel. Members of these groups, most of whom which back the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, will be denied entry visas and residency rights.
November 3, 2017

Citizens Apology made at Scottish Parliament for Balfour Declaration

A large group has gathered at the Scottish Parliament to make a ‘citizens’ apology’ for the Balfour Declaration, exactly 100 years since it was signed by Britain’s Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour.
September 28, 2017

Week of Peace for Israel-Palestine highlights 'culture of love and resilience'

From Geneva to Bethlehem and across the world, the World Council of Churches World Week of Peace in Israel and Palestine inspired gatherings for prayer, reflection and action last week.
September 16, 2017

Many ready to observe World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel

From a photo 'exhibition of hope', to worship resources, to an opportunity for people and churches to share their personal expressions of hope, the World Council of Churches is offering an invitation and accompanying resources to celebrate the World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel on 17-24 September 2017.
June 11, 2017

1967-2017: 50 years of a remorseless Occupation

"All people are born free, and all people squirm for freedom", says Shireen in Ben Ehrenreich’s The Way to the Spring, about which more later.
December 7, 2016

Israeli action on WCC leadership 'unjust, discriminatory and misinformed'

In a statement following Israeli authorities’ detention, interrogation and deportation of the World Council of Churches Associate General Secretary Prof Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri upon arrival in Tel Aviv, the WCC ”deeply regrets the Israeli antagonism against the WCC’s initiatives for peace with justice for both Palestinians and Israelis.”
December 15, 2015

Israeli settlers attack international human rights monitors

International human rights monitors whose presence protects vulnerable schoolchildren in Hebron, occupied Palestine, are facing verbal and physical attack by Israeli settlers.
December 7, 2015

Case against anti-drone protestors collapses

All charges against 19 anti-drone protestors have been dropped, after the Crown Prosecution Service admitted there was no realistic prospect of conviction.
October 3, 2014

Global church prayers for peace in Palestine and Israel

Biblical reflections marked the end of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (WWPPI) in a service at the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva.