Take Action — Plan a Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East
We are reinvigorating the Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East, in response to a call from the ACT Palestine Forum. This global ecumenical prayer vigil began on Dec. 24, 2012, and will continue across the globe, on the 24th...
Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders call for renewed peace process for Palestinians and Israelis
A group of Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders, making up the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for peace in the Middle East, are calling for a renewed effort to restart the dormant peace process between Palestinians and Israelis. Bishop Mark S....
Obama: “Israel doesn’t know what its best interests are”
Following the UN vote to upgrade Palestine’s status to non-member state last fall, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intent to develop E-1, a crucial area between Jerusalem and Jericho that is Palestinian land and would, if developed into Israeli settlements, virtually...
New Report by OCHA on Conditions for Palestinians in Jerusalem
A UN report by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs was released in December that focuses on key humanitarian issues in Jerusalem, including: – Around 293,000 Palestinians currently reside in East Jerusalem, in addition to 200,000 Israeli settlers...
Bishop Younan’s Video Christmas Greeting
ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation, gives a Christmas video greeting from Jerusalem: Don’t forget the simulcast Christmas service between Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and the National Cathedral in Washington, to be broadcast at 10...
New OCHA report on illegal Israeli settlement impact on Palestinians
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Concerns in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) has released a new report on the humanitarian impact of the Israeli settlement policy on Palestinians. Among its findings: Key Facts: Since 1967, Israel...
LWF President’s Christmas Message
Lutheran World Federation President Munib Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land, released his Christmas message this week, urging people to think of Christmas as a time to remember the refugees among us, even...
The Writing on the Wall
From Pastor Fred Strickert of the English-speaking Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jerusalem comes a blog post, the Writing on the Wall: A report “Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds,” was recently released by the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence....
Tell your representative no on punishing Palestine
This new alert from Churches for Middle East Peace urges constituents to contact their members of congress and dissuade them from signing on to a letter to President Obama that would punish Palestinians for their successful bid to raise their...
Pastor Ashraf Tannous on life in Palestine
httpv://youtu.be/TXMOYdNFGp4 Pastor Ashraf Tannous is the newest pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. He is serving the Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour. Here he discusses his life and feelings as a Palestinian Christian from...