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Les responsables ecclésiaux en Terre Sainte se font entendre à l’unisson pour appeler à la cessation de toutes les activités violentes et militaires qui nuisent aux civils tant palestiniens qu’israéliens.

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.

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.

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.

Human rights violations in Israel and Palestine have nearly tripled during the past year, according to reports from the most recent set of ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

Des ressources, réflexions, prières et autres textes sont désormais disponibles pour aider les Églises et toutes les personnes de bonnes volontés à célébrer la Semaine mondiale pour la paix en Palestine et Israël, du 16 au 23 septembre 2023.

L’ambassadeur Ibrahim Khraishi, mission de Palestine en Suisse; l’ambassadeur Omar Awadallah, ministre adjoint pour les Nations Unies et les organisations spécialisées; et Doa Nofal, deuxième secrétaire de la Mission permanente d'observation de l'État de Palestine auprès de l’Organisation des Nations Unies et des autres organisations internationales à Genève se sont rendu-e-s au Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) le 6 juillet pour aborder la situation actuelle en Palestine. 

Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi, Mission of Palestine to Switzerland; Ambassador Dr Omar Awadallah,  assistant minister for United Nations and Specialized Organizations;  and Doa Nofal, second secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 6 July to discuss the current situation in Palestine.

Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a appelé à mettre un terme à l’attaque de l’armée israélienne à Jénine. Le COE condamne l’agression et appelle à la cessation de toute violence en Cisjordanie, y compris celle perpétrée par les colons israéliens.

Resources—including reflections, prayers, and more—are now available to help churches and all people of good will to observe the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel from 16-23 September 2023.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay called for an end to the Israeli military’s assault in Jenin.  The WCC condemns the assault and calls for the cessation of all violence in the West Bank including that from Israeli settlers.

World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed concern over a violent protest by rightwing Jewish activists against an Evangelical Christian event in Jerusalem on 28 May.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared joyful congratulations with Archbishop Hosam Naoum, who was installed as new primate of Anglican Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.

À l’occasion des commémorations du 75e anniversaire de ce que les Palestinien-ne-s appellent la Nakba, «la catastrophe», le déracinement de centaines de milliers de personnes à la création d’Israël en 1948, le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a exprimé sa solidarité avec les Églises membres en Terre sainte.

During the 75th commemoration of what Palestinians refer to as the nakba, or “catastrophe”—when hundreds of thousands of people were uprooted during Israel's creation in 1948—World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed solidarity with member churches in the Holy Land.