Category: West Bank
Church leaders call on the UK government to help deter annexation of the West Bank
Church leaders from the United Reformed Church, Church of Scotland, Quakers in Britain, Methodist Church, Church of England and Catholic Church have called on the UK government to help deter annexation of the West Bank, which could begin from 1 July: We stand alongside the Holy Land’s Christian leaders, who have warned that the Israeli…
Bishops call on Government to help prevent annexation of West Bank
Catholic and Anglican Bishops from the Holy Land Coordination group have called on the UK government and parliamentarians to help prevent annexation of the West Bank, which could begin on 1 July. Their intervention follows a recent statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster expressing the churches’ strong opposition to…
Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury oppose annexation of West Bank territory
This week, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster wrote to both the Israeli Ambassador, Mark Regev, and the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, expressing their opposition to any move by the Government of Israel to annex West Bank territory after 1 July 2020. These letters followed the recent warning from the…
Annexation would destroy hope of peaceful two-state solution for Israel-Palestine, says Bishop
Bishop Declan Lang, Chair of the Bishops’ International Affairs department, has responded to a letter sent by patriarchs and church leaders in the Holy Land on Israeli Unilateral Annexation Plans. The leaders warn that the move to annex West Bank land raises “serious and catastrophic questions about the feasibility of any peaceful agreement to end…
Bishops to visit local Christian communities in Gaza
The Christian community of Gaza is again the focal point of this year’s visit to the Holy Land by Bishops from across Europe, North America and South Africa in support of the local Christian communities and the pastoral work of the Church at the service of all in the Holy Land. The Holy Land Co-ordination…
