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Tras el estallido de las hostilidades el 7 de octubre —con el lanzamiento de miles de misiles desde Gaza a Israel y la infiltración de hombres armados de Hamás en el sur de Israel, y la consiguiente respuesta militar israelí—, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) está adaptando su labor en Tierra Santa para seguir apoyando los esfuerzos en favor de una paz justa. 

Tras la brutal violencia que ha costado la vida a miles de civiles inocentes, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) pide un nuevo enfoque para resolver el conflicto en Tierra Santa.

More than 1.1 million Palestinians are struggling to flee from areas of north Gaza targeted by the Israeli military ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’s bloody attack into Israel. 

The World Council of Churches will join a Day of Prayer and Fasting on 17 October, which will be hosted by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem. 

After an emergency committee of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem met on 13 October, they urged immediate actions to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in the aftermath of brutal violence where thousands of innocent civilians lost their lives, is calling for a new approach to resolve the conflict in the Holy Land. 

More than 500 people from across the world followed a Service of Lament for Palestine and Israel, hosted by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center on 12 October.

Church leaders in the Holy Land are raising their voices in unity to call for the cessation of all violent and military activities that bring harm to both Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

Los líderes de las iglesias de Tierra Santa alzan sus voces unidas para pedir el cese de todas las actividades violentas y militares que perjudican tanto a la población civil palestina como a la israelí.

In a letter to the European Union, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Conference of European Churches express grave concern for the situation in the Caucasus related to the exodus of almost the entire ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Following the outbreak of hostilities on 7 October – with a reported launch of thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel and the infiltration of southern Israel by Hamas gunmen, and an ensuing Israeli military response – the World Council of Churches (WCC) is adapting its work in the Holy Land to continue to support efforts for just peace.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is postponing a planned initial roundtable dialogue meeting on Ukraine, announced WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

The Christian Conference of Asia 15th General Assembly, in a statement, called for prayers for true peace on the Korean Peninsula. The statement also called upon governments to refrain from provocative statements and military actions, and prayed that permanent members of the UN Security Council continue to work together for reconciliation and peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Justapaz—the Mennonite Christian Association for Justice, Peace and Non-violent Actions—shared with the World Council of Churches (WCC) an overview of its work related to peace-building in Colombia.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) sigue de cerca los acontecimientos en Israel y Palestina desde el estallido de las hostilidades el 7 de octubre, tras el lanzamiento de miles de misiles desde Gaza a Israel y la incursión de hombres armados de Hamás en el sur de Israel. El primer ministro de Israel ha declarado que el país está en guerra.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is following closely the developments in Israel and Palestine since the outbreak of hostilities on 7 October, following the reported launch of thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and the infiltration of southern Israel by Hamas gunmen. Israel’s prime minister has declared that the country is at war.

Al tiempo que conmemora su 75o aniversario, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) también celebra el 75o aniversario de la adopción de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos en París el 10 de diciembre de 1948.

During a film screening at the World Council of Churches on 4 October, viewers got a deeper understanding of why Palestinians are about to lose one of the last green spaces left for them in the Bethlehem Governorate.

WCC progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata was part of a panel reviewing and reflecting on the book "White saviourism in International Development,” by Themrise Khan et al, at the 2023 Gothenburg Book Fair.