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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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• Occupation Hurts Human Dignity on Both Sides; Churches Need to Overcome Divisions, Mobilize for Just Peace in Palestine/Israel, Conference says

19-Jun-07 WCC,

Doing justice to the Palestinian people would bring about security for Israel, while delaying the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories feeds extremism and terrorism, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah told participants at a church conference for peace in Middle East yesterday.

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• WCC General Secretary To Visit Palestine/Israel

19-Jun-07 WCC,

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will visit member churches and Christian communities in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel on 21-26 June.

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• The Palestinian Plight

19-Jun-07 Ziad Asali, The Washington Times,

Forty years ago this month, Israel stunned the Arab states in six days of war whose consequences are yet to be resolved. Hamas' version of its own six-day war has created new political realities that may be with us for some time to come. Negotiations, conferences and meetings of diplomats and pundits flying around the world...

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• Statement by Bishop Dr. Mounib Younan to all Sisters and Brothers in Palestine

15-Jun-07 The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bishop Dr. Mounib Younan,

We have been warning for some time now that the situation here in the Occupied Palestinian territories – especially Gaza - is untenable and explosive.I fear that unless we take drastic action, we will sink into all-out, protracted civil war that will dramatically fuel the fires of extremism, violence and chaos in the Middle East.

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• An Urgent Call from The Heads of Churches to the Members of Fateh and Hamas

14-Jun-07 Jerusalem Inter-Church Center - JIC,

On the recent 40th Anniversary of the Occupation we urged all sides to work for peace and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. How painful and awful then that now we have to say stop all domestic fighting.

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• Pope Calls for Middle-East Peace Talks in Meeting with US President

11-Jun-07 Christian Today,

Roman Catholic head Pope Benedict XVI hosted George Bush Saturday, as the US President told the pontiff that he believed the G8 Summit in Germany had been successful.

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• Week of Church Witness for Peace in the Middle East

11-Jun-07 World Council of Churches,

Praying with Jerusalem's Christians, marching to the White House or sponsoring one of 14,609 olive trees are among the activities taking place in "International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel" this week.

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• CHURCHES CALL FOR END TO OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

11-Jun-07 WCC,

On Sunday, 3 June, in an ecumenical service held in Jerusalem's St. Stephens Church to mark the anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, church leaders called for an end to 40 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

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• Holy See and Arab State Establish Relations

04-Jun-07 Zenit.org,

The Holy See and the United Arab Emirates, a country bordering the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Oman, have established diplomatic relations.

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