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• Becky Garrison A Palestinian Pastor Speaks

24-Jul-07 God's Politics,

The "little town of Bethlehem" is becoming more and more like a prison surrounded with a 25-foot high concrete wall. Once the wall is completed there will be only three gates leading in and out. The situation has a psychological impact on people living here.

(Read more here)

• Meeting of Evangelical leaders and Muslim ambassadors

19-Jul-07 Come and See,

Muslims and evangelical Christians are talking — at least behind closed doors at the Egyptian Embassy — according to several guests at a top-secret lunch on July 2.

(Read more here)

• WCC TO STRENGTHEN CHURCHES' PEACE EFFORTS IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

04-Jul-07 WCC,

Local churches in Palestine/Israel are looking to the whole fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to play a stronger role in supporting local churches' struggles for a just peace there.

(Read more here)

• Israeli Border Must Stay Open to Aid, Says Caritas

27-Jun-07 Zenit,

Caritas Internationalis is emphasizing the need for an open Israeli border to meet the need for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

(Read more here)

• CHURCHES IN JERUSALEM WELCOME WCC'S NEW ADVOCACY INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

26-Jun-07 WCC,

Heads of churches in Jerusalem have welcomed the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum launched in Jordan last week.

(Read more here)

• Pontiff Asks for Halt to Biases in Mideast

22-Jun-07 ZENIT,

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 21, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed his wish that the Middle East could be freed from religious, cultural, historical and geographical discrimination, so that the region can finally enjoy peace.

(Read more here)

• Churches together for Peace and Justice in the Middle East / Working Group Peacemaking Themes

22-Jun-07 Pax Christi International, Fr. Paul Lansu,

The need of the day requires that the dimension of advocacy be integrated in our strategic action. Indeed, confrontation with the suffering of those affected by violence and poverty calls for not only a specific response of aid, but also interventions to denounce unfair structures that are often the cause of human suffering. The use and/or the role of the media could be a tool for advocacy.

(Read more here)

• Occupation Hurts Human Dignity on Both Sides; Churches Need to Overcome Divisions, Mobilize for Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, Conference says

19-Jun-07 WCC,

Doing justice to the Palestinian people would bring about security for Israel, while delaying the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories feeds extremism and terrorism, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah told participants at a church conference for peace in Middle East yesterday.

(Read more here)

• WCC General Secretary To Visit Palestine/Israel

19-Jun-07 WCC,

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will visit member churches and Christian communities in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel on 21-26 June.

(Read more here)

• The Palestinian Plight

19-Jun-07 Ziad Asali, The Washington Times,

Forty years ago this month, Israel stunned the Arab states in six days of war whose consequences are yet to be resolved. Hamas' version of its own six-day war has created new political realities that may be with us for some time to come. Negotiations, conferences and meetings of diplomats and pundits flying around the world...

(Read more here)

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