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Prière pour une paix juste en Terre Sainte

05 June 2017

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises appelle les chrétiens du monde entier à s’unir dans la prière pour une paix juste en Terre Sainte en participant au service de prière de la Pentecôte.

Jerusalem, Palestine / Israel

In Lebanon, refugees face hardship - but find hope

The fifteenth of March 2017, marks the sixth year since the start of the Syrian war.
Lebanon, being a small Middle Eastern country facing constant political and national unity challenges with a population of approximately 450,000 Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, has been the shelter for more than 2 million registered Syrian refugees since 2011.

EAPPI serves as global peacemaker, notes outgoing coordinator

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.

Owe Boersma cherchera l’équilibre en tant que coordinateur de l’EAPPI

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.

A grain of hope for justice and peace in the Holy Land

Every morning a cheerful and articulate man arrives at his office in East Jerusalem with at least a grain of hope. Dr Bernard Sabella has devoted his entire life to the rights of the Palestinian people. In his job as the executive director of Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees, he encounters issues concerning the Palestinian-Israeli relationship daily.

Une lueur d’espoir pour la justice et la paix en Terre Sainte

Tous les matins, un homme posé et enjoué arrive à son bureau de Jérusalem-Est avec une lueur d’espoir. Bernard Sabella a consacré toute sa vie aux droits du peuple palestinien. À son poste de directeur exécutif du département des services aux réfugiés palestiniens (DSPR), il est quotidiennement confronté à des questions concernant la relation entre Israël et la Palestine. Pourtant, il aimerait juste être un citoyen ordinaire dans le pays où lui et sa famille ont leurs racines, sans être constamment associé au conflit israélo-palestinien qui parfois, d’après lui, ne rend pas justice à son identité de Palestinien.

‘Unprecedented times of hopelessness’ in Holy Land

For Ramzi Zananiri, executive director of Jerusalem and the West bank at the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees, which is part of the Middle East Council of Churches, the current situation in the Holy Land is "heart-breaking", and he says the Palestinians are "hostages" under troublesome realities.

Syrian crisis poses challenges in Palestinian refugee camps

During the 29 years Virgine Nasrawi has worked in the Talbiah refugee camp, located 40 kilometers south of Amman, the Jordanian capital, she has witnessed many changes. And the sudden influx of refugees from neighbouring Syria, caused by the devastating civil war in that country, is the most dramatic.

Winners of WCC photo contest announced

Between 7-27 March, more than 100 images with the hash tag #7Weeks4Water were posted by Instagram users who joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) contest. Most of them told stories about water justice, illustrating the Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water,” promoted by the WCC Ecumenical Water Network annually since 2008.