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19 January 2007

Countries of the Week: Israel & Palestine
Where to begin? Israel & Palestine - the West Bank and Gaza Strip - attract a great deal of attention from Quakers around the world.

Learn more about the countries and get a taste for the debates at Wikipedia:
Israel
Palestine

One of the most famous Quaker activities in the area is the Ramallah Friends School, owned by the American Friends United Meeting. Read the views of students at the school at their new e-publication, Life Behind the Wall

Ramallah Friends Meeting

Many Friends take part in the Ecumenical Accompaniers Programme. From the website: The EAPPI is an initiative of the World Council of Churches under the Ecumenical Campaign to End the Illegal Occupation of Palestine: Support a Just Peace in the Middle East. Its mission is to accompany Palestinians and Israelis in their non-violent actions and concerted advocacy efforts to end the occupation. Participants of the programme are monitoring and reporting violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, supporting acts of non-violent resistance alongside local Christian and Muslim Palestinians and Israeli peace activists, offering protection through non-violent presence, engaging in public policy advocacy and, in general, standing in solidarity with the churches and all those struggling against the occupation.

The UK programme for Friends is coordinated by QPSW


 


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