Event

World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed 15-22 September 2022.

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Jerusalem landscape with a church

Church of the Ascension, seen from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

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This year, the theme is anchored in active hope and in striving for a better future with no occupation. It builds on the theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, Christ's love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.” 

The theme for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed 15-22 September, is Faith, Hope and Love in Action: Towards Justice in Israel Palestine.”

Prayers, a video, and feature stories will be available for download by WCC member churches and all people of good will in the coming weeks.

When:
15 – 22 September 2022

Theme:
Faith, Hope and Love in Action: Towards Justice in Israel Palestine

Where:
Worldwide

Organizers: 
The World Council of Churches invites member churches, faith-based communities, and civil society organizations around the world to join together for a week of prayer for just peace for all in Palestine and Israel. Congregations and individuals around the globe who share the hope of justice shall unite during the week to take peaceful actions, together, to create a common international public witness.

Contact: media@wcc-coe.org

Salt of the Earth group draws young Christians together in West Bank

Osama Sayegh has a heart for numbers: four in Deir Ghazaleh, 35 in Kufr Kad, 50 in Toubas, 35 in Jalameh, 67 in Burqin, 130 in Jenin.

He counts the number of Christians left in these communities across the northern part of the West Bank. He reaches with his heart for the people behind those numbers: why are young Christian families leaving? How can he convince them to stay?

Theological reflections