A statement of hope and faith from the people of Palestine, December 2009

Sixty Years of WCC Policy on Palestine/Israel, 1948-2009 (in brief)

Invitation to action and fact sheet from the WCC

• Action week message "It's Time for Palestine"
• Message from Jerusalem Churches for action week 2007 (pdf, 444 KB)

• Jerusalem Prayer
• "Contemporary Way of the Cross" liturgy as prepared by Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre, Jerusalem (pdf, 255 KB).
• "The Way of the Cross: A Way of Peace" liturgy created by the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada and Antennas of Peace in Montreal.
• Weekly Wave of Prayer from Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre, Jerusalem.
• Ecumenical Worship: It's Time for Peace. Features the voices of young Palestinians and Israelis. Inspired by an Irish church leaders' visit to Israel and Palestine, this service of reflections was written for World Week 2009.
• Song of Lamentation, written and composed by Rev. Susanne Grimheden, Lund, Sweden, based on a text by Bishop Munib Younan, in Jerusalem. Christian Council in Sweden used a Swedish version for World Week 2009.
• People's prayers  for peace from Palestine and around the world offered for World Week 2009
• Prayers from 40 countries sent to Bethlehem for the 2008 action week

• Ecumenical Service from the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, 2007 (pdf, 202 KB)

• Series of interviews about the meaning of sumud or steadfastness, from the Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem.
• "Steadfast Hope: The Palestinian Quest for Just Peace", available from the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
• Peace Not Walls, a campaign for peace with justice in the Holy Land, sponsored by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
• New Profile and Combatants for Peace, two local organizations working for a just peace for all Palestinians and Israelis.

• Blog about settlements by Ecumenical Accompaniers of EAPPI.

•  "Land Grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank" - report by B'Tselem Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

• B'Tselem webpages on settlements

• Foundation for Middle East Peace (United States) report on settlements

• "Facts on the ground: The end of the two-state solution", a key report from 2004 that details the strangulation of the Palestinian economy by settler roads and settlements (pdf, 743 KB)

• UN OCHA report "The Humanitarian Impact on Palestinians of Israeli Settlements and Other Infrastructure in the West Bank, July 2007" (pdf, 22,7 MB)

•  "Settlement products - the issues and advocacy messages in relation to the European Union"  - a paper for use in the European Union developed by Quaker Peace and Social Witness, UK, for World Week 2009 

• "Israel and Palestine: A Question of Viability" - A Christian Aid report that outlines the essential elements necessary for a viable solution to the conflict (pdf, 1,75 MB).

• Stories from Palestinian daily life, including women's stories, diary fragments, and stories of civil courage, peace and non-violence are available from the Arab Educational Institute, Bethlehem.

• A Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land is a Palestinian initiative to foster responsible forms of tourism that offer communities opportunities to share their cultures, tell their stories, request solidarity and foster greater understanding

• Summary of events for World Week 2009

• UK resources for World Week 2009

• Scotland resources

• Germany resources for World Week 2009

• Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF)
• Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI)
• WCC Programme on Churches in the Middle East: solidarity and witness for peace
• WCC member churches in Palestine and Israel