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Les Églises membres, les responsables religieux et les groupes chrétiens locaux en Palestine et en Israël, de même que le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas et le président israélien Isaac Herzog, rencontreront le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, le 16 février lors de sa visite dans la région. 

Member churches, religious leaders and local Christian groups in Palestine and Israel—as well as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli president Isaac Herzog—will meet with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as he visits the area beginning 16 February. 

The first installment of the World Council of Churches Seven Weeks for Water Lenten series is available. Penned by Bishop Dr Munib Younan, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, the reflection is entitled “Water for peace in the Middle East region.” 

Six ecumenical accompaniers have returned to Palestine and Israel, resuming in-person operations for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Ecumenical accompaniers, who were evacuated beginning of October 2023, had been continuing their support and accompaniment online. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay marked 11 January as a “significant moment for justice and the rule of law,” as public hearings commenced in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on allegations against the State of Israel of violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 

A medida que se acerca el final de un año caracterizado por conflictos excepcionales y crecientes, y mientras oramos por la paz para toda la humanidad en 2024, “no existe un pueblo para el que la perspectiva de paz parezca más lejana que para el doliente y traumatizado pueblo de Gaza”, dijo el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay. 

בשעה שאנו מתקרבים לסופה של שנה שבמהלכה מתגבר והולך סכסוך יוצא דופן, ובעודנו מתפללים לשלום כולם בשנת 2024, "אין מי שעבורם התפילה הזו נדמית רחוקה יותר מלהתגשם מאשר אנשי עזה שעוברים סבל וטראומה." אמר מזכ"ל מועצת הכנסיות העולמית הכומר פרופ' ד"ר ג'רי פילי.

Während ein außergewöhnlich und zunehmend konfliktreiches Jahr zu Ende geht und wir für Frieden für alle im Jahr 2024 beten, „scheint die Chance darauf nirgends so fern zu sein, wie für die leidenden und traumatisierten Menschen im Gaza-Streifen“, sagte der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay. 

Alors qu’une année de conflit exceptionnel et croissant touche à sa fin et que nous prions pour la paix pour toutes et tous en 2024, «cette perspective semble particulièrement lointaine pour la population de Gaza, en souffrance et traumatisée», a déclaré le pasteur Jerry Pillay, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE).

As a year of exceptional and increasing conflict draws to a close, and as we pray for peace for all in 2024, “that prospect seems nowhere more remote than for the suffering and traumatized people of Gaza,” said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay. 

قال الأمين العام لمجلس الكنائس العالمي القس البروفيسور الدكتور "جيري بيلاي": "مع اقتراب نهاية هذا العام الذي شهد نزاع استثنائي ومتزايد، ومع صلاتنا من أجل أن يعم السلام للجميع في عام 2024، إلا أن هذا الأمل يبدو بعيد المنال للشعب المصدوم الذي يعاني الأمرين في غزة".

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay said the WCC is “deeply disturbed” by reports of continuous assaults on the Armenian community and other Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. 

The Thursdays in Black campaign now has a Youth Edition, developed by young people who are building a network in support of a world free from rape and violence.