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Looking for light at the end of the tunnel

My experience with Israel’s Interior Ministry began more than 25 years ago, whereby I have been seeking an ID card for my wife who hails from the West Bank. I am a Palestinian from East Jerusalem and I have an Israeli ID card—which gives me the status of a foreign resident in the city of my ancestors and where I was born.

21 September 2023

anonymous

Feature story

Ecumenical accompaniers report growing violence against Palestinians

The latest group of ecumenical accompaniers from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI) have reported growing incidents of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

21 September 2023

Blog post

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Give me my life, let me live

Christine, 23, is from the West Bank. She met a young man from Jerusalem when she was studying at one of the Palestinian universities in the West Bank. As their emotions towards each other grew by time and a sincere love flourished into their hearts, they decided to get engaged. At this point, they didn’t think of any barriers that might stand in front of them.

20 September 2023

Hana Zoughbi Kirreh

Blog post

A reflection on “No place to lay my head”

“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (Mt. 8: 20)

19 September 2023

Bishop William Shomali

News

Global prayer reflects on spiritual home in the Holy Land

A global ecumenical prayer hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 18 September focused on the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, and the meaning of finding a spiritual home in the Holy Land.

18 September 2023

News

Global prayer will commemorate World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

A global ecumenical prayer on 18 September will commemorate the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, being observed this year from 16-23 September. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting online or in-person participation for people to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land.

13 September 2023

Event

A global ecumenical prayer to commemorate the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

18 September 2023

Document

Background document

H2 Hebron Fact Sheet

H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron City, the only Palestinian city center which remains under full Israeli military control in the West Bank.

09 August 2023

WCC Programmes

Document

Background document

Masafer Yatta Fact Sheet

Masafer Yatta is in the South Hebron Hills, and it spreads over 3,000 hectares within Area C of the West Bank, and includes 12 Palestinian villages.

09 August 2023

WCC Programmes

News

Palestinian delegation visits WCC

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.

07 July 2023

News

Resources newly available for World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

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.

05 July 2023

Document

Background document

Materials for World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel - 16-23 September 2023

Material compilation for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, 16-23 September 2023.

05 July 2023

WCC Programmes

Document

Report

Report of the General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, June 2023

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

21 June 2023

Central Committee

Document

Report

Moderator’s Address to the Central Committee, June 2023

Address of Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 21-27 June 2023.

21 June 2023

Central Committee

Document

Statement: public statement

WCC marks 75th commemoration of “Al-Nakba”

This week marks 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.

16 May 2023

General Secretary

News

WCC leadership meets with Global Kairos for Justice representatives

WCC meets with leaders from Global Kairos for Justice Coalition

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay received Rev. Dr Munther Isaac, moderator of the Global Kairos for Justice Coalition, and Mr Rifat Odeh Kassis, in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 12 April, to discuss the continued and escalating crisis in Palestine in the light of the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel and the ever-increasing security measures restricting the freedom of Palestinian people.

13 April 2023

News

World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel will invite prayer on “No place to lay my head”

The World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel, which will be observed from 16-23 September, will invite the world to pray and reflect on the theme “No place to lay my head.”

12 April 2023

Bible studies

"Holy Week in the Holy Land: an intersection in time"

Rev. Dr Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, theologian in residence at the Middle East and North Africa Desk for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, reflects below on Holy Week and the path Jesus walked.

06 April 2023

Feature story

Ecumenical Accompaniers complete their service in Holy Land with “different perspectives of justice”

A group of Ecumenical Accompaniers completed their service in Palestine and Israel, handing their ministry over to the next wave, and celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the same time.

02 February 2023

News

Media coverage of WCC 11th Assembly reflected global attention and interest

Media coverage of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly—held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022—indicated a global interest in how ecumenism can and will address the pressing concerns of the world, including climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.

16 January 2023