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• Statement by Bishop Dr. Mounib Younan to all Sisters and Brothers in Palestine

15-Jun-07 The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bishop Dr. Mounib Younan,

We have been warning for some time now that the situation here in the Occupied Palestinian territories – especially Gaza - is untenable and explosive.I fear that unless we take drastic action, we will sink into all-out, protracted civil war that will dramatically fuel the fires of extremism, violence and chaos in the Middle East.

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• An Urgent Call from The Heads of Churches to the Members of Fateh and Hamas

14-Jun-07 Jerusalem Inter-Church Center - JIC,

On the recent 40th Anniversary of the Occupation we urged all sides to work for peace and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. How painful and awful then that now we have to say stop all domestic fighting.

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• Pope Calls for Middle-East Peace Talks in Meeting with US President

11-Jun-07 Christian Today,

Roman Catholic head Pope Benedict XVI hosted George Bush Saturday, as the US President told the pontiff that he believed the G8 Summit in Germany had been successful.

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• Week of Church Witness for Peace in the Middle East

11-Jun-07 World Council of Churches,

Praying with Jerusalem's Christians, marching to the White House or sponsoring one of 14,609 olive trees are among the activities taking place in "International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel" this week.

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• CHURCHES CALL FOR END TO OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

11-Jun-07 WCC,

On Sunday, 3 June, in an ecumenical service held in Jerusalem's St. Stephens Church to mark the anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, church leaders called for an end to 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

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• Holy See and Arab State Establish Relations

04-Jun-07 Zenit.org,

The Holy See and the United Arab Emirates, a country bordering the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Oman, have established diplomatic relations.

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• Jerusalem Christians say: Back Israeli-Palestinian peace campaign

30-May-07 ENI,

Christian leaders in Jerusalem are calling for worldwide support of the International Church Action for Peace in Palestine

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• WCC asks the Jordanian government to reconsider decision on Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

26-May-07 WCC,

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has received with "deep concern" the recent withdrawal of Jordan's recognition of Patriarch Theophilos III as the head of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and requested the decision to be reconsidered.

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• The Birzeit Senior Citizen Center: A Bright Future

24-May-07 Palestine, HCEF Country Representative, George Ghattas,

What started as a dream three years ago is now a vibrant reality for 55 respectable old men and women from Birzeit. Birzeit, like many Christian towns in the Palestinian territories, has lost many of its young couples to immigration.

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• Springtime Season in ELCJHL Schools / Sister Sylvia Countess, Assistant to the ELCJHL Schools' Director

24-May-07 ELCJHL,

The spring months are always busy ones for the Schools and Educational Programs of the ELCJHL. This year, as teachers and students prepared for the end of classes, final exams, and school summer tours, they also welcomed their families and friends to special school events.

(Read more here)

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