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Archbishop of Canterbury statement on the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

02/08/2024 Jeroen Bouman ICJ In a statement Saturday Aug 3, 2024welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged governments around the world to reverse the "deeply damaging trend" of upholding international law "in a selective manner".   Archbishop Justin Welby says... Continue Reading →

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A Call for Repentance: An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians

Seeking a way to respond, helpfully, I am pleased to support this petition linked here. Dear friends, pray and work for peace, everywhere, and at all times. “Learn to do right; seek justice; defend the oppressed” (Isa 1:17). We, at the undersigned Palestinian Christian institutions and grassroots movements, grieve and lament the renewed cycle of... Continue Reading →

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Two wrongs don’t make a right, in Gaza

Good thoughts from our friend, Norman Sigurdson Like a lot of people I’m having a hard time processing the violence and blind hatred on display by both the Hamas leadership and the government of Israel. I’m still stunned by the brutality of Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday. It was, in every ethical sense, repugnant... Continue Reading →

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War and peace?

Wikipedia "Today, we woke up to a changed world," Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said today. "Russia has launched a brutal and unprovoked attack on Ukraine, a country of more than 40 million people who have sought nothing but peace and freedom." Freeland speaks as a proud and engaged Ukrainian-Canadian, one who travels to and... Continue Reading →

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