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“Lead us from despair to hope, from fear to love, and may peace be in our hearts,” said Rev. Gabrielle Zander from the Augusta Victoria Church in an opening word of prayer, as participants in the WCC-EAPPI gathered in Saint Anne’s Basilica in Jerusalem in mid-April.

Am 15. März war eine Gruppe von ökumenischen Begleitpersonen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) eingeladen, mit der Kol HaNeshama-Gemeinde in Jerusalem das Sabbatmahl zu feiern.

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

Mitte März haben ökumenische Begleitpersonen das palästinensische Dorf Ma‘alul besucht, das 1948 im arabisch-israelischen Krieg komplett zerstört wurde.

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.

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.

Es war ein heller und sonniger Morgen, an dem die Rabbis for Human Rights am Dienstag einen Solidaritätsmarsch durch die von Israel verwaltete Zone 2 in Hebron organisiert hatten. Hier hatten wachsende Spannungen dafür gesorgt, dass der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) seine ökumenischen Begleitpersonen vorübergehend abziehen musste.

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.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel has made the decision to remove Ecumenical Accompaniers from the Hebron area due to security concerns.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen verurteilt Antisemitismus ausdrücklich und kategorisch. Der ÖRK erachtet Antisemitismus als unvereinbar mit dem Bekenntnis zum christlichen Glauben und der Ausübung dieses Glaubens und versteht ihn als Sünde gegen Gott und die Menschheit.

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.

Mit einem offenen Brief an die Medien hat der ÖRK auf einen neuen Bericht der Nichtregierungsorganisation NGO Monitor reagiert, in dem diese Kritik übt an dem Ökumenischen Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel.

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 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.

Schon früh morgens um Viertel vor fünf stehen die Menschen dicht gedrängt am Qalandia-Checkpoint. Mehrere tausend Palästinenserinnen und Palästinenser müssen den Checkpoint jeden Tag auf ihrem Weg nach Jerusalem passieren.

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.

„Die Regel lautet: 10 Minuten. Wenn die andere ökumenische Begleitperson noch nicht aufgestanden ist, machst du um 5:50 Uhr ein bisschen Lärm in deinem Zimmer.“

”10 minutes is the rule, so you make a lot of noise in your room at 5.50 if the other EA isn’t up.” Shepherding is early morning business, and international accompaniers from the WCC-EAPPI play a particular role, as they offer protective presence to Palestinian communities on the West Bank.