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B’Tselem: Israel holding 750 families in Hebron’s Area H2 under curfew for last month
Since the war broke out on 7 October 2023, the military has been imposing a curfew on 11...
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B’Tselem: Gaza needs a humanitarian pause now
As soon as the war broke out, Israel sealed the Gaza Strip on all sides, trapped its 2.2 million...
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B’Tselem: Israel must not bomb a-Shifaa Hospital
A-Shifaa is the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. In addition to thousands of sick...
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MECC statement on the war against the Palestinian people in Gaza
[The following statement was issued by the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) on Oct....
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of Nov. 6, 2023
It has now been over a month since the beginning of this period of suffering and misery. The...
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Kairos Southern Africa and Kairos Palestine Issue a Joint Open Letter to Church leaders and Christians in the USA, Europe and the Ecumenical Family
The following letter was issued by leaders of Kairos Palestine and Kairos Southern Africa on Nov....
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Ceasefire Now! Biden Administration’s Response Inadequate to Catastrophe in Gaza
[The following statement is issued by Churches for Middle East Peace, of which the Christian...
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Peace for the Middle East: a Pastoral Letter by the Joint Commission
En español "Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Get up and go towards the south to the...
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WCC News: Patriarchate of Jerusalem gravely concerned over Israeli shelling targeting of civilian infrastructure in Gaza
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is standing in solidarity with the Patriarchate of Jerusalem,...
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First Months in Morocco
Written by: Antionette Bailu, who serves in Morocco My arrival in Morocco has been a great...
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“God is Under the Rubble in Gaza”
[This sermon, by the Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, pastor of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem,...
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DSPR Update: October 2023
[The following is an update from the Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees (DSPR) of the...
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B’Tselem among 30 Human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel urging the international community to act on state-backed settler violence in the West Bank
Today, 30 leading human rights and anti-occupation NGOs in Israel signed an open letter to the...
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Sabeel Wave of Prayer: Week of Oct. 30, 2023
Since the 7th of October, the situation in Gaza has been deteriorating. The cumulative number of...
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End the War Now: CMEP Fears Catastrophic Deaths of Civilians in Gaza
[The following statement was issued by Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), of which the...
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