Easter Message from Bishop Younan
Peace Not Walls In his Easter mesage from Jerusalem, Bishop Munib Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), writes, “But at this moment, I am telling my people to hold fast to the hope of the...
Peace Not Walls Action Alert: Help End Augusta Victoria Hospital Cash Crisis
Peace Not Walls Last November, with the help of ELCA members like you, advocates for the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), operated by The Lutheran World Federation in East Jerusalem, applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for releasing more...
ELCA presiding bishop visits companion church in the Holy Land
Peace Not Walls Text from ELCA News Service CHICAGO (ELCA) – In her first visit to the Middle East as presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton led a delegation Jan. 11-17 to...
Religious Leaders Urge the United States, in Coordination with the Quartet, To Present a Framework for Negotiating a Two-State Peace Agreement
Peace Not Walls Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders of twenty-five national religious organizations delivered a letter to President Obama on January 21, 2015 urging “a renewed, determined U.S. effort, in coordination with the Quartet, to work with Israel and the Palestinian...
ELCA presiding bishop says land occupation is counter-productive to peace, two-state solution
Peace Not Walls Text from ELCA news release: CHICAGO (ELCA) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), commended the Obama administration for urging the Israeli government to “reverse its recent declaration...
The Patriarchs of the East – “Religious Extremism is a Major Threat for The Area and The Whole World”
Peace Not Walls The Patriarchs of the East published a press release condemning conflicts and violence which overwhelm the Middle East, and most particularly the persecution of innocents and Christians. The religious fundamentalism, and those who feed it through financing...
Faith-Based Organizations Call for an End to Iraq Violence
Peace Not Walls Find below the August 22, 2014 press release from the Lutheran World Federation. “Concerned and Saddened by Kidnapping and Hostage-taking” (LWI) – The LWF together with ten faith-based humanitarian and development organizations has issued an “urgent call to...
Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders Welcome Ceasefire; Call Urgently for a Two-State Peace Agreement
Peace Not Walls Below is the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East statement welcoming the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, with endorsements by thirty-three national Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders. August 14, 2014 ...
LWF and ELCA Respond to Violence in and around Gaza
Peace Not Walls In a 23 July joint statement by Lutheran World Federation President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge, the global Lutheran communion reiterated its call on all parties for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire...
“Peace Process” or not, Israeli Occupation Grinds On
During the past two weeks, two events have caught the attention of the international community: the shooting deaths of two teenage protesters in Beitunia and the destruction of thousands of fruit trees on a farm south of Bethlehem. The Nassar...