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  • 15 Nov 2012
    Jewish Voice for Peace calls for an end to attacks on Gaza

    Jewish Voice for Peace has called for an immediate end to Israeli air strikes and naval bombardment into Gaza and an end to the ongoing siege there.

  • 15 Nov 2012
    Behind the latest assault on Gaza

    The latest Israeli Defence Force assault on Gaza, in addition to its targeted assassinations against political as well as military opponents, is horrifying and disturbing. It threatens to escalate into yet another cycle of violence and war-making that does nothing for the security of Jews or Arabs, Israelis or Palestinians. It merely reaps death, destruction, hatred and mistrust.

  • 1 Dec 2011
    Neither Abbas nor Mashal can unite the Palestinian people

    Palestinian leaders Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Mashal met in Cairo recently to try to resolve their differences. The outcome is not totally clear yet, says commentator Ghassan Michel Rubeiz. But what is certain is that it will take more than handshaking and an embrace for Palestinians to settle their deep divisions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Jan 2011
    Israel and Hamas shocked by Gazan youth manifesto

    A group of students and young people in Gaza have taken the political world by surprise with a manifesto that expresses frustration with both Israel and Hamas.

  • 27 Sep 2010
    International justice urged for crimes in Gaza and southern Israel

    The International Criminal Court has been urged to decide whether to investigate alleged crimes committed during the 2008-9 conflict in Gaza and southern Israel.

  • 1 Sep 2010
    WCC condemns killing of Israelis in the West Bank

    The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has condemned the killings of the four Israeli settlers near Hebron in the West Bank.

  • 18 Jun 2010
    From Turkey to Gaza: Human rights and fundamental freedoms?