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A special guest will be giving an eye witness account of the West Bank at the Quaker Meeting House on Sunday, April 28. Máire Ní Mheibhric is a human rights…
The head of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Jerry Pillay, is visiting the Holy Land and will meet the president of Israel and the Palestinian president.
Six ecumenical accompaniers have returned to Palestine and Israel, resuming in-person operations for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel. Ecumenical accompaniers, who were evacuated beginning of October 2023, had been continuing their support and accompaniment online.
The World Council of Churches has condemned violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex calling on Israel to respect the status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City in the interest of peace and stability.
John Buttrick volunteered with the World Council of Churches as an ecumenical accompanier in Palestine and Israel in 2010. He writes from his Vermont Rocker in his Concord home: Minds Crossing. He can be reached at johndbuttrick@gmail.com. I have...