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Bishop Atallah Hanna

The US Veto Against Gaza Is a Disgrace to Humanity

On 4 June 2025, the United States blocked a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The US claimed that the resolution failed to condemn Hamas or demand its disarmament. This was the fifth US veto related to Gaza since October 2023. Bishop Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sebastia of the Greek Orthodox Church, says that the veto is a “new disgrace to humanity”. The American U.N. Veto Is a New Disgrace to Humanity. The Trump Administration Is

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Did the Iran-Israel War Really End in Just 12 Days?

Did the Iran-Israel War Really End in Just 12 Days?

Iran, somewhat bloodied and battered, called for peace. Israel, with its military strength in an unknown state but with its allies behind it, seemed to want to push harder. Even so, we ask, ‘who showed strength by ending it?’

In war, there’s always a temptation to equate power with firepower. But true power, I believe, lies in knowing when to stop. The side that seeks peace first is not always the weaker. It may well be the wiser

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Free Palestine

Iran is on Fire, but DON’T FORGET GAZA!

With the world’s attention now, understandably, focused on Iran, Dr Chandra Muzaffar reminds us not to forget Gaza. ISRAEL ‘S AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN By Chandra Muzaffar In the midst of Israel’s aggression against Iran, a lot of people have forgotten the underlying cause of the animosity between Israel and Iran — Iran’s opposition to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. From 1979 itself when a new government emerged in Tehran, as a result of an immensely popular revolution, the leader of the new government, Imam Khomeini,  proclaimed

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World Council of Churches

The churches of the world cannot remain silent

A statement from the World Council of Churches Executive Committee – May 2025 To the Lord who spoke to her she gave a name, saying “You are a God who sees me.” Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael. Genesis 16: 13 and 15 (Ishmael means: “God has heard”.) The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting online on 12-16 May 2025 unequivocally condemns the atrocities being perpetrated in Gaza by the State of Israel, recognizing

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The Barbarism in Gaza Must Stop

This press release was Issued on behalf of SHAPE and its Coordinating Committee by Professor Emeritus Richard Falk, Dr Chandra Muzaffar and Professor Emeritus Joseph Camilleri on May 22nd, 2025 In the name of humanity, the barbarism in Gaza must stop Over the last eighteen months the world has witnessed undiluted militarised cruelty targeting the entire population and the supportive natural habitat of Gaza – with not so much as an ounce of mercy or compassion, let alone justice, or sensitivity to issues of ecological viability.

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