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As the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel commenced, Nora Carmi offered a morning reflection at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 16 September. Carmi is a civil society worker on justice and peace issues who is from the Orthodox community.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, Leiterin des Büros für den religiösen Zweig des Friedensprozesses auf Zypern, wurde vom US Außenministerium mit dem Internationalen Preis für Religionsfreiheit ausgezeichnet. Dieser Preis „ist eine Anerkennung für Menschen, die sich in herausragender Weise für die Religionsfreiheit überall auf der Welt engagieren“, und wird am 17. Juli in Washington, D.C. überreicht.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, leader of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process, has received an International Religious Freedom Award from the US Department of State. The awards “honor extraordinary advocates of religious freedom from around the world” and will be presented on 17 July in Washington, D.C.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, responsable du Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP, Suivi religieux du processus de paix à Chypre), a reçu le Prix international de la liberté de la presse du Département d’État américain. Le prix «honore les défenseurs et défenseuses extraordinaires de la liberté religieuse dans le monde entier» et sera remis le 17 juillet à Washington, D.C.

Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud, responsable du Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP, Suivi religieux du processus de paix à Chypre), a reçu le Prix international de la liberté de la presse du Département d’État américain. Le prix «honore les défenseurs et défenseuses extraordinaires de la liberté religieuse dans le monde entier» et sera remis le 17 juillet à Washington, D.C.

Manuel Quintero geht nach acht Jahren Dienst als internationaler Programmkoordinator des Ökumenischen Begleitprogramms in Palästina und Israel (EAPPI) des ÖRK in den Ruhestand.

Manuel Quintero is retiring after eight years of service as the international programme coordinator for the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). He took time to reflect on the mission of EAPPI, particularly within its current context, as well as aspects of the programme that have been dear to his heart.

Manuel Quintero se jubila después de ocho años desempeñando el cargo de coordinador internacional del Programa Ecuménico de Acompañamiento en Palestina e Israel (PEAPI) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI).

Manuel Quintero prend sa retraite après huit années de service en tant que coordinateur international du Programme œcuménique d’accompagnement en Palestine et en Israël (EAPPI) mis en œuvre par le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE).

Pastor Dr. Owe Boersma übernimmt am 26. September 2016 den Posten des EAPPI-Programmkoordinators in Genf. Manuel Quintero hat nach acht Jahren als EAPPI-Programmkoordinator in Genf das Rentenalter erreicht und verlässt das EAPPI-Büro im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen im August.

Rev. Dr Owe Boersma will take over the post of EAPPI international programme coordinator in Geneva, effective 26 September 2016. Mr Manuel Quintero, after eight years of service as EAPPI international programme coordinator based in Geneva, has reached retirement age and will be leaving the World Council of Churches’ EAPPI international office at the end of August.

El Rev. Dr. Owe Boersma asumirá el cargo como coordinador internacional del Programa Ecuménico de Acompañamiento en Palestina e Israel (PEAPI), en Ginebra, a partir del 26 de septiembre de 2016. Tras ocho años desempeñando la labor de coordinador internacional del PEAPI desde Ginebra, el Sr. Manuel Quintero ha alcanzado la edad de jubilación, por lo que, a finales de agosto, dejará la oficina internacional del programa en el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Le pasteur Owe Boersma prendra ses fonctions de coordinateur du programme international de l’EAPPI à Genève le 26 septembre 2016. Il succède à M. Manuel Quintero qui, atteignant l’âge de la retraite après huit années de service à ce poste, quittera fin août le bureau international de l’EAPPI au COE.

Christians need a "spirituality of resistance" to face oppression, violence and experiences of defeat, the WCC general secretary said in an address at Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering.

Experiences of death and expulsion faced by some 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 are the subject of an exhibition titled “The Nakba” and hosted by the WCC at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The Arabic word Nakba means “catastrophe.”

Volunteers for the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel have urged the European Union to take more effective actions against the illegal settlements, demolitions and forced displacement in the occupied territory controlled by the Israeli authorities.

Jenny Derbyshire, a volunteer for the World Council of Churches programme for Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, previously based in Bethlehem, was part of a team that travelled to Brussels recently to bring to light stories of Palestinians living under siege. Derbyshire, from Ireland, used her eye witness accounts from the occupied territory to urge the European Union to support the two-state solution for peace and stability in the region.

Nine volunteers with the WCC's Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel have met with European Union officials, urging them to honour recently issued guidelines on grants and loans to Israeli settlements.