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Category: Israel and Palestine Religious Conflict

Biblical Promises

ISRAEL: The Irony of Claiming the Biblical Promise While Practicing Modern Statehood

I commend to you this excellent article by Mr. Anas Zubedy, who is a committee member of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST). Mr Zubedy makes an excellent point that, believe it or not, I had never really considered before – namely, that the Biblical promise of a land to the descendants of Abraham was a component part of the greater ‘covenant’ between God and Israel where Israel had to function as a theocracy in strict obedience to the Torah. The modern nation-state of

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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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Muzaffar-Falk-Camileri

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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Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s Diabolical Undeclared War Objectives

Jamal Kanj here spells out what we all know but which most of us are too scared to admit. The Israeli Prime Minister’s war aims have no more to do with freeing hostages than they do with self-defence. They are taking control of the land belonging to the Palestinian people by purging it of its proper residents. Read the full article in Counterpunch. Father Dave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel’s war on Gaza will continue until achieving what he terms “total victory.”

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