A resolution on the conflict in Israel and Palestine, calling for ongoing balanced study, commentary and critique has been sent to the denominations Executive Council for implementation. The resolution, including its implementation, was proposed by 11 persons from seven Conferences and one member of the board of the UCCs Justice and Witness Ministries.
The Palestinian Authority has effectively been split into a secular Fatah-dominated collection of West Bank cantons and the Islamic Hamas-controlled Gaza as Palestine implodes - and farther away from the dream of establishing an independent Palestinian state that straddles both parts in accordance with the United Nations Resolution 242. It is clear that many of those currently promising to ...
Asia News ISRAEL – PALESTINE Sharm el-Sheikh summit: finding ways to help Abbas israel palestine sharm el-sheikh summit mahmoud abbas hamas fatah crisis Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders are taking part in a difficult summit to help the PNA president gain support among his own people and avoid another clash with Hamas.
Heads of churches in Jerusalem have welcomed the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum launched in Jordan last week. They voiced satisfaction with the new advocacy initiative at meetings with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia during his 21-26 June visit to the Holy Land.
No amount of machinations by outside powers or internal forces will impose a settlement. Israel and Palestine will have to reach an agreement based on the fact that they share a small and contested space.
Iran - Syria - Palestine Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African affairs Mohammad Reza Baqeri conferred here Sunday with high ranking Syrian officials on the latest developments in the Middle East region and the Palestinians in particular.
One night in early 1947, when sculptor Moshe Frumin was six years old, he, his mother and his grandmother left the displaced persons camp in Saalfelden, Austria and set off on an exhausting, secret journey through the Alps, across the Italian border, to board a ship to Haifa.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will leave for Israel and Palestine on June 26-27 for talks on prospects for the stabilization of the situation in the Middle East, experts said today.
The illegal military occupation of Palestinian land by Israel and the building of illegal settlements on occupied territory was a deep concern, ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma said at the weekend.
(RTTNews) - Israel will release 250 members of the Palestinian Fatah movement from jail as "goodwill gesture". Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced this at a summit in Egypt, also attended by leaders of Palestine, Egypt, and Jordan.