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Rev. Raban Gabriel Dahho was consecrated on 10 April as the new archbishop for Jerusalem, the Holy Land and Jordan at the hands of His Holiness Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church. The consecration took place at St Ephraim Cathedral in Amman, Jordan.

On 15 March, a group of Ecumenical accompaniers from the WCC were invited to share Shabbat dinner with the Kol HaNeshama congregation in Jerusalem.

في منتصف شهر آذار/ مارس الحالي، شهدت قرية معلول، التي دُمرت جراء الحرب العربية-الإسرائيلية التي نشبت عام 1984، زيارة مرافقي المسكونية لها.

Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, saw a visit by ecumenical accompaniers in mid-March. “I would have liked to invite you to a real home, not just as a refugee,” said Jad Saba Yusef Salem as he received the group of accompaniers to the village. Today, 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.

After a visit to Israel and Palestine on 21 February through 1 March, a delegation of South African and African-American church leaders, released a Group Pilgrimage Statement on Israel and Palestine.

A Jerusalem Post report of 20 February 2019 by Hagay Hacohen titled: “World Council of Churches exposed as biased, anti-Israeli group” is inaccurate and riddled with false innuendo.

نظم أعضاء من منظمة حاخامات من أجل حقوق الإنسان، في يوم ثلاثاء مشرق ومشمس، مسيرة تضامنية في منطقة (H2) من الخليل التي تديرها السلطات الإسرائيلية، والتي تشهد توتراً متزايداً جعل مجلس الكنائس العالمي يعلِّق مؤقتاً تواجد المرافقين المسكونيين فيها.

It was a bright and sunny morning when Rabbis for Human Rights organized a solidarity walk on Tuesday through the Israeli administered H2 area of Hebron, where growing tension has forced the World Council of Churches (WCC) to temporarily suspend its presence of ecumenical accompaniers.

The Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches held its third meeting at the Patriarchal See of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in Lebanon on 22-23 January.

إن تنديد مجلس الكنائس العالمي لمعاداة السامية هو أمر واضح وقاطع. فمجلس الكنائس العالمي يعتبر أن معاداة السامية تتعارض مع العقيدة المسيحية اعتناقاً وممارسةً، وخطيئة في حق الرب والإنسانية. لقد كررنا وأعدنا التأكيد على هذا التنديد مؤخراً رداً على الهجوم المأساوي الذي طال معبد اليهود "تري أوف لايف" في بيتسبرغ في 27 تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر 2018، ووصفنا هذا الهجوم بأنه "انتهاك صارخ لإنسانيتنا المشتركة."

The World Council of Churches’ condemnation of antisemitism is clear and categorical. WCC regards antisemitism as irreconcilable with the profession and practice of the Christian faith, and a sin against God and humanity.

The WCC published an open letter to media in response to the new report released by the NGO Monitor criticizing the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

The WCC-EAPPI works for just peace in the Holy Land. And as peace cannot be a one-sided process, efforts are made continuously to build partnerships along the full range of the spectrum.

On 14-16 December, the Conference of European Churches and Cumberland Lodge in the UK will host an Ecumenical Conference on Human Rights with the theme “Towards Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities.”

On 22 October, church leaders in the Holy Land organized an ecumenical visit to the threatened Bedouin community of Khan El Ahmar. They shared Biblical prayers including references to the beatitudes from the sermon on the mount as a response to injustice, and as words of comfort to the people under threat of displacement.

ألغت محكمة الاستئناف الإدارية في القدس في 17 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر قرار السلطات الإسرائيلية منع دخول نائبة الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي الدكتورة / "إيزابيل أباو فيري" إلى البلاد.

A Jerusalem administrative appeals court on 17 October invalidated a decision by the state to bar entry into the country of Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land issued a statement strongly condemning the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar.

في الساعة الرابعة و45 دقيقة فجرا، أمام معبر تفتيش "قلنديا" المزدحم بالآلاف من الفلسطينيين الذين يحاولون العبور كلّ يوم إلى القدس.

At 4.45, the Qalandiya checkpoint is already crowded, as thousands upon thousands of Palestinians try to make their way to Jerusalem each day. Qalandiya is the main checkpoint between the northern West Bank and Jerusalem, and ecumenical accompaniers WCC-EAPPI visit regularly in the early mornings.