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• SOLIDARITY VISIT TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL

26-Jul-07 WCC,

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia and an ecumenical delegation visited member churches and Christian communities in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel

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• Coadjutor Patriarch of Jerusalem on his first visit to Ireland

26-Jul-07 Catholic Communications,

Coadjutor Patriarch of Jerusalem on his first visit to Ireland highlights role for Christian community in negotiating peace in the Holy Land

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• A Presentation by Renowned Israeli Peace Activist Rabbi Arik Ascherman

24-Jul-07 Susan Kerin,

Come join us for a presentation by Renowned Israeli Peace Activist Rabbi Arik Ascherman

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• Becky Garrison A Palestinian Pastor Speaks

24-Jul-07 God's Politics,

The "little town of Bethlehem" is becoming more and more like a prison surrounded with a 25-foot high concrete wall. Once the wall is completed there will be only three gates leading in and out. The situation has a psychological impact on people living here.

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• Meeting of Evangelical leaders and Muslim ambassadors

19-Jul-07 Come and See,

Muslims and evangelical Christians are talking — at least behind closed doors at the Egyptian Embassy — according to several guests at a top-secret lunch on July 2.

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• WCC TO STRENGTHEN CHURCHES' PEACE EFFORTS IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

04-Jul-07 WCC,

Local churches in Palestine/Israel are looking to the whole fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to play a stronger role in supporting local churches' struggles for a just peace there.

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• Israeli Border Must Stay Open to Aid, Says Caritas

27-Jun-07 Zenit,

Caritas Internationalis is emphasizing the need for an open Israeli border to meet the need for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

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• CHURCHES IN JERUSALEM WELCOME WCC'S NEW ADVOCACY INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL

26-Jun-07 WCC,

Heads of churches in Jerusalem have welcomed the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum launched in Jordan last week.

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• Pontiff Asks for Halt to Biases in Mideast

22-Jun-07 ZENIT,

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 21, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed his wish that the Middle East could be freed from religious, cultural, historical and geographical discrimination, so that the region can finally enjoy peace.

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• Churches together for Peace and Justice in the Middle East / Working Group Peacemaking Themes

22-Jun-07 Pax Christi International, Fr. Paul Lansu,

The need of the day requires that the dimension of advocacy be integrated in our strategic action. Indeed, confrontation with the suffering of those affected by violence and poverty calls for not only a specific response of aid, but also interventions to denounce unfair structures that are often the cause of human suffering. The use and/or the role of the media could be a tool for advocacy.

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