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July 29, 2020

Banksy’s migrant crossing paintings fetch £2.2m in charity sale

A triptych of Banksy paintings which reference the European migrant crisis have sold for £2.2 million in a charity auction. Proceeds from the sale will be used to help build a new acute stroke unit and purchase children’s rehabilitation equipment for Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation. The paintings, titled Mediterranean Sea View 2017, were originally estimated... Read More
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July 3, 2020

Vatican’s top diplomat meets about Mideast with US and Israeli ambassadors

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with the US and Israeli ambassadors to the Vatican to express concern that “possible unilateral actions” on their part would further jeopardise peace in the region. “The Holy See reiterates that the state of Israel and the state of Palestine have the right to exist and to... Read More
News – Vatican, News – World
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June 24, 2020

Bishops call on Government to help prevent annexation of West Bank

Catholic and Anglican Bishops from the Holy Land Co-ordination group have called on the UK government and parliamentarians to help prevent annexation of the West Bank, which could begin on 1st July. Their intervention follows a recent statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster expressing the churches’ strong opposition to... Read More
News – UK and Ireland, News – World
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May 12, 2020

Church leaders oppose Israeli plans to annex unilaterally West Bank land

Moving forward with an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex West Bank land could mean the end to the already languishing Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, said the heads of the Holy Land churches. “An array of plans for Israel to unilaterally annex West Bank land, backed mainly by right-wing factions, raises serious and catastrophic questions about the... Read More
News – World
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January 30, 2020

Holy Land Catholic leaders: Trump peace plan needed Palestinian input

Calling US President Donald Trump’s Peace-to-Prosperity plan a “unilateral initiative,” Church leaders in the Holy Land said it did not give “dignity and rights” to the Palestinians. “This plan will bring no solution but rather will create more tensions and probably more violence and bloodshed,” the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land... Read More
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January 17, 2020

Bishops visiting Holy Land urge governments to uphold international law

Bishops from Europe and North America visiting for the annual Holy Land Co-ordination said countries must reject political or economic support for settlements but address security concerns of Israel and the right of all to live in safety. ‘Our governments must do more to meet their responsibilities for upholding international law and protecting human dignity.... Read More
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January 23, 2019

Bishops express unity with Israeli Christians, warn of Palestinian crisis

Bishops from Europe, North America and South Africa who joined this year’s Holy Land Co-ordination reiterated their solidarity with all of Israel’s Christians and called for their equal inclusion in Israeli society. “Throughout our visit, we have experienced how there are Israeli citizens from many different backgrounds who coexist and work together for the common... Read More
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September 18, 2018

Catholic workers say US aid cuts to Palestinians could be disastrous

The US budgetary cuts to humanitarian aid institutions helping Palestinians could lead to long-term disastrous consequences, said Catholic aid workers in the region. “There is concern that the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is already dire, will be made worse,” Hilary DuBose, who represents Catholic Relief Services in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, told Catholic... Read More
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May 15, 2018

Dozens killed in protests as US embassy inaugurated in Jerusalem

As the new United States embassy was inaugurated in Jerusalem on 14th May, violence broke out between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers. International media reported that in Gaza, at least 52 people were killed, including five under the age of 18, and some 2,000 were injured. The death toll was expected to rise. Palestinians claim... Read More
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April 2, 2015

Court blocks Israeli plan to extend separation wall in Cremisan Valley

Israel’s Supreme Court blocked a plan to build a separation barrier through the Cremisan Valley in the West Bank that would have divided a Catholic monastery, a convent and adjacent olive vineyards. Church officials celebrated the court order, saying it was an early Easter gift as Christians prepared to celebrate the Passion and resurrection of... Read More
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