World Council of Churches general secretary The Rev’d Prof Dr Jerry Pillay strongly condemned the Israeli military attack on Iranian territory as “an unlawful act that violates international law and the sovereignty of a nation-state”
“This morning at about 10:20 am local time, Israeli forces fired inside the compound of our Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing three journalists, as well as two others, including a father who was escorting his son to our surgical unit for treatment from previous injuries. In addition, this unprovoked assault against civilians wounded thirty other bystanders, among them four of our hospital staff,” says the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem in this statement
A webinar on 21 May, “From Occupation to Annexation: Legal perspectives and the implications of current political realities for the occupied population,” examined legal realities in Palestine and Israel — even as the grim situation on the ground are changing by the hour
“Both these documentaries are essential viewing as you let your own moral compass be your guide. These films deliver crystal-clear perspectives through microcosms of the ongoing decades-long situation of Indigenous Palestinians being ethnically cleansed at gunpoint from their ancestral homelands in the occupied West Bank. It is happening right now,” says Jonathan Sargeant from St Francis College as Nakba commemorations approach on Thursday 15 May
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