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

Invitation to action and fact sheet from the WCC

• Action week message 2009 "It's Time for Palestine"
• Message from Jerusalem Churches for action week 2007 (pdf, 444 KB)

• Jerusalem Prayer
• 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. A service of reflections for use during World Week.
• People's prayers: Visit www.aeicenter.org for peace prayers from Palestine and around the world offered for World Week.
• Song of Lamentation, written and composed by Rev. Susanne Grimheden, Lund, Sweden, based on a text by Bishop Munib Younan, in Jerusalem, to be used in services around World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel. Christian Council in Sweden will use a Swedish version.
• 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)

• Blog about settlements by Ecumenical Accompaniers of EAPPI.

•  "Land Grab: Israel's Settlement Policy in the West Bank" - report by B'Tselem Israeli Information Center 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

• Events summary

• UK resources for World Week

• Scotland events and resources for World Week

• Germany resources for World Week

• 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