UN OCHA Releases Humanitarian Summary End of Year 2007
The United Nations Office for the Communication of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released its 2007 year-end summary.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
ELCJHL Bishop Younan Writes Open Letter to Annapolis Leaders
“In the midst of all the skepticism and cynicism over Annapolis, I believe we are called to embody hope and act with courage. In a world where too many leaders see the cup as half empty, we are called to be a people of hope and choose not only to see the cup as half … [Read more…]
The Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land
Washington, D.C. November 7, 2007 All of us believe in one Creator and Guide of the Universe. We believe that the essence of religion is to worship Him and respect the life and dignity of all human beings, regardless of religion, nationality and gender. We accordingly commit ourselves to using our positions of leadership, and … [Read more…]
Sweden’s Social Democratic Leader Mrs. Mona Sahlin Visits Holy Land, ELCJHL
Sweden’s Social Democratic Leader Mrs. Mona Sahlin is leading a delegation to Palestine/Israel this week to meet leaders, gather information and see the realities on the ground here. Monday Bishop Younan led them through the Via Dolorosa, the path that Jesus is believed to have walked on the way to his crucifixion. The Social Democratic … [Read more…]
Stop the Violence and Work Together for Justice/Peace
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) by Bishop Dr. Munib Younan June 15, 2007 We have been warning for some time now that the situation here in the Occupied Palestinian territories – especially Gaza – is untenable and explosive. I fear that unless we take drastic action, we will sink … [Read more…]
Bishop Younan Urges Civil Leaders to Unite for Sake of Palestine
Bishop Younan joined religious and civil leaders at a gathering last Saturday to urge Palestinians to focus on the common goal of ending the Israeli occupation and achieving the two-state solution of two equal, viable states living side by side in peace and justice. “What joins us should be greater than what divides us: our … [Read more…]
Statement by Heads of Local Churches in Jerusalem about 40 Years of Occupation
Statement by Heads of Local Churches in Jerusalem about 40 Years of Occupation Part 1 | Part 2
Opening Windows within Walls – Teaching Peace in the ELCJHL
by Sister Sylvia Countess Ass’t to the ELCJHL Schools’ Director Although the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land was officially recognized as an autonomous church in 1959, it traces its history to German mission work in the mid-nineteenth century. The schools founded at that time were the first to provide education to … [Read more…]
Palestinian and Israeli Women Protest at Qalandia Checkpoint
More than a hundred Palestinian and Israeli women gathered to protest the ongoing occupation and human rights violations in the Palestinian territories. Palestinian women who have lost their sons or not seen them in prison for years combined with Israeli women peace-makers to focus attention on these injustices and the high rate of violence against … [Read more…]
German Bishops Denounce Treatment of Palestinians
March 6, 2007 by Eldad Beck BERLIN – “This morning we saw pictures of the Warsaw ghetto at Yad Vashem and this evening we are going to the Ramallah ghetto.” Several hours earlier on Sunday you probably would not have heard German Bishop Gregor Maria Franz Hanke choose such a divisive analogy. But then on … [Read more…]