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West Bank

International Map of Gaza in Palestine International

"Even the stones cry out" for Palestine and Israel

“We support the statement of the World Council of Churches executive committee on 15 May 2025 that condemns the atrocities being perpetrated in Gaza by the State of Israel, recognizing that the current government is pursuing policies that are not supported by many Israelis,” says The Rev’d John Gilmore, President of the National Council of Churches in Australia in this NCAA statement on the genocide in Gaza

"Louis Theroux: The Settlers" (Left) and "No Other Land" (Right)
Films & TV

No Other Land & Louis Theroux: The Settlers

“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

International

World Council of Churches video reiterates sacred importance of Jerusalem

In the lead up to Ramadan, Palm Sunday and Holy Fire Saturday, the World Council of Churches shares this video detailing violations of freedom of worship and the urgent need to safeguard the city as a shared sacred space: “The fact that Jews can worship freely in Jerusalem is a good thing, but why can’t Christians and Muslims be allowed to exercise the same right?”

People & History

Palestine: A land with a people

“Out of God’s sovereignty I believe that good will come out of all this. God knows what is going on and he will bring about a just peace and something good, even if we as human beings can’t see it yet; and, even though Palestinians have been waiting for a very long time,” says Anglican Palestinian Randa