Peace and Justice Issues in the Middle East Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/peace-and-justice-issues-in-the-middle-east/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 22 May 2020 15:51:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Peace and Justice Issues in the Middle East Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/peace-and-justice-issues-in-the-middle-east/ 32 32 170042892 From the Primate: Discerning when to speak https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-discerning-when-to-speak/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-discerning-when-to-speak/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 15:30:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164259 When we can gather at a watercooler at work or in the pub with friends, we enjoy expressing our opinions on the latest sports events, favourite movies or political action. However, in these days of social media and instant communications, when little if anything is private, we are called to thoughtful consideration of the impact […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-discerning-when-to-speak/feed/ 2 164259 Diocese of Ottawa women experience ‘life-changing’ trip to Israel and Palestine https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-ottawa-women-experience-life-changing-trip-to-israel-and-palestine/ https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-ottawa-women-experience-life-changing-trip-to-israel-and-palestine/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:20:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/diocese-of-ottawa-women-experience-life-changing-trip-to-israel-and-palestine/ Last November, 25 lay women from the diocese of Ottawa spent nearly two weeks in the Holy Land, part of an effort to deepen the existing partnership between that diocese and the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/diocese-of-ottawa-women-experience-life-changing-trip-to-israel-and-palestine/feed/ 0 113564 Church leaders respond to martyrdom of Father Jacques Hamel https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-respond-to-martyrdom-of-father-jacques-hamel/ https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-respond-to-martyrdom-of-father-jacques-hamel/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:17:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/church-leaders-respond-to-martyrdom-of-father-jacques-hamel/ Church leaders have been responding to yesterday's murder of French Roman Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel. Father Hamel was killed by supporters of Daesh as he and a small congregation celebrated Mass at the Church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-respond-to-martyrdom-of-father-jacques-hamel/feed/ 0 113831 Primate calls for prayers in wake of Istanbul bombing https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-calls-of-prayers-in-wake-of-istanbul-bombing/ https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-calls-of-prayers-in-wake-of-istanbul-bombing/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2016 19:05:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/primate-calls-of-prayers-in-wake-of-istanbul-bombing/ Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and other church leaders are calling for prayers after a terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey that has left at least 41 dead and 239 wounded.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-calls-of-prayers-in-wake-of-istanbul-bombing/feed/ 0 113705 Interfaith youth defy violence in Jerusalem https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-youth-defy-violence-in-jerusalem/ https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-youth-defy-violence-in-jerusalem/#respond Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:45:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/interfaith-youth-defy-violence-in-jerusalem/ As violence continues to rage in the Holy Land and senior world diplomats fail in their efforts to broker a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, a committed group of young people is making a stand for peace.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/interfaith-youth-defy-violence-in-jerusalem/feed/ 0 102665 Christian Zionism https://anglicanjournal.com/christian-zionism/ https://anglicanjournal.com/christian-zionism/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:42:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/christian-zionism/ When Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official visit to Israel this past January, media and other observers noted that his entourage included a strong representation of rabbis and conservative evangelical Christians whose churches espouse strongly pro-Israel views.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/christian-zionism/feed/ 0 102562 Kids4Peace: Crossing the cultural divide https://anglicanjournal.com/kids4peace-crossing-the-cultural-divide/ https://anglicanjournal.com/kids4peace-crossing-the-cultural-divide/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:46:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/kids4peace-crossing-the-cultural-divide/ At least one good thing came out of the terrible violence of the Second Intifada, the uprising against Israeli occupation sparked the founding of Kids4Peace, an international program that unites Muslim, Jewish and Christian youth in study and play.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/kids4peace-crossing-the-cultural-divide/feed/ 0 102680 ‘Silent emergency’ https://anglicanjournal.com/silent-emergency/ https://anglicanjournal.com/silent-emergency/#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:30:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/name-4/ The picture painted by Margot Ellis, deputy commissioner of the United Nations (UN) Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), at the mid-March launch of an inter-agency humanitarian appeal for Gaza and the West Bank, is startlingly desperate.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/silent-emergency/feed/ 0 99298 Timeline of the Middle East conflict https://anglicanjournal.com/timeline-of-the-middle-east-conflict/ https://anglicanjournal.com/timeline-of-the-middle-east-conflict/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:47:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/timeline-of-the-middle-east-conflict/ The land between the Jordan River and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, which both Palestinians and Israelis claim, has been settled, resettled, conquered and reconquered throughout history, as far back as biblical times.

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