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B’Tselem: Strict movement restrictions in East Jerusalem are prohibited collective punishment of Palestinians
Since 14 Oct. 2015, Israeli security forces in Jerusalem have begun to impose a closure policy as...
Read MoreEast Jerusalem Hospital Network: “Aggressive and offensive to patients”
Recently erected checkpoints in East Jerusalem have been holding up patients and staff on their way...
Read MoreDHM Issues Support Statement for Syrians, to the House Homeland Security Committee
Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries of the Division of Home Missions, in partnership...
Read MoreKairos Palestine Advent Resource
Dear Brothers and Sisters, colleagues and partners of Kairos for Global Justice, It is at such hard...
Read MorePalestinian Lives Matter: A letter from Mitri Raheb
Dear Friends, A new wave of political unrest is here. Within the last five weeks, over forty young...
Read MoreSabeel Wave of Prayer, week of Oct. 19, 2015
Wave of Prayer: This prayer ministry enables local and international friends of Sabeel to pray over...
Read MoreEcumenical delegation: With winter coming, refugees are in critical need
Representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Greece from 14 to 18 October to...
Read MoreWCC expresses concern over renewed violence in Jerusalem
The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed deep...
Read MoreWCC General secretary affirms churches’ commitment to justice and peace in the Middle East
“As a fellowship of churches worldwide, we are deeply committed to support initiatives for just...
Read MoreACT Palestine Forum statement calls for protection of civilians and access to Holy Sites
The ACT Palestine forum has issued a statement voicing deep concern “about the loss of life and...
Read MorePray for Morocco on Sunday, October 25, 2015
Lectionary Selection: Mark 10:46-52 Prayers for Morocco: Dear God, Sometimes we get so caught up in...
Read MoreCMEP Bulletin: East Jerusalem is Closed
Violence continued throughout Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza this week. In...
Read MoreSyria, Europe, and Refugees: 5 valuable essays and articles
The recent attention to the plight of Syrian (and other) refugees in Europe has brought to the...
Read MoreUN: Protection of Civilians, October 6 – 12, 2015
Each week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied...
Read MoreStatement by Human Rights Organizations in Israel on the current tensions
Politicians’ calls to police and soldiers to shoot rather than arrest endorse the killing of...
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