International Affairs, Peace & Human Security WCC statements on Jerusalem and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since 1948 Pastoral letter from the WCC general secretary on the violence in the Middle East, 21.07.2006 Statement by WCC general secretary on the escalation of conflict between Israel and Lebanon, 13.07.2006 WCC comments on the conflict in Israel/Palestine, 30.06.2006 WCC executive committee statement on Israel/Palestine, 19.05.2006 en français Letter from WCC general secretary to members of the UN "Middle East Quartet" (8 February 2006) CCIA Background Information : "To evaluate the Gaza pullout look for seven signs of peace" (22 August 2005) en français / auf deutsch / en español Open letter on the status of Jerusalem (31 March 2005) Minute on Certain Economic Measures for Peace in Israel/Palestine (21 February 2005) WCC demands to halt construction and dismantle Israel barrier (20 February 2004) Minute on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Approved by the WCC Central Committee meeting 26 August - 2 September 2003 en français / auf Deutsch / en español Statement on the ecumenical response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Holy Land. Adopted 2 September 2002 by the WCC Central Committee Geneva, Switzerland (26 August - 3 September 2002) en français / auf deutsch /en español WCC general secretary urges EU ministers to take leading role in seeking a just aud sustainable peace in the Middle East (12.04.02) WCC calls on Israel to observe its responsibilities under Fourth Geneva Convention (05.12.01) WCC Executive Committee resolution on ecumenical response to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (14.09.01) (en français auf Deutsch en español The question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine. Oral intervention by the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs to the 57th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. (28.03.01) Minute on the Situation in the Holy Land after the Outbreak of the Second Palestinian Uprising, adopted by the WCC Central Committee, 29 January - 6 February 2001

The rooftops of Jerusalem's Old City - security cameras, guards and barricades - show the tension between two peoples.

IN PURSUIT OF LASTING PEACE WITH JUSTICE. Oral intervention by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC to the Fifth Special Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, 17 October 2000

SHARING THE LAND, THE TRUTH AND THE PEACE. Statement by the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs to the Fifth Special Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. (17.10.00)

RESOLUTION ON JERUSALEM FINAL STATUS NEGOTIATIONS, WCC Executive Committee, Geneva, 26-29 September 2000

STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM, WCC Eighth Assembly, Harare, Zimbabwe, 3-14 December 1998

STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM, WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-22 September 1995

ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS IN SEVERE CRISIS, WCC Press Release, 24 May 1995

WCC GENERAL SECRETARY BEGINS VISIT TO JERUSALEM, WCC Press Release, 17 May 1995

WCC GENERAL SECRETARY TO VISIT JERUSALEM, WEST BANK AND GAZA, WCC Press Release, 11 May 1995

COMMENT ON THE NEW DIPLOMATIC ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE VATICAN AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WCC Press Release, 10 January 1994

STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST (Adopted), WCC Executive Committee, Sigtuna, Sweden, 14-20 September 1993

CENTRAL COMMITTEE CALL TO PRAYER OF PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND, Geneva, Switzerland, March 1990

STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL SECRETARY ON JERUSALEM KILLINGS, 12th October, 1990

APPEAL BY THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Hannover, FRG, 20 August 1988

SIXTH ASSEMBLY STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST, Vancouver, Canada, July/August 1983

CENTRAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT ON JERUSALEM, Geneva, Switzerland, August, 1980

STATEMENT BY NAIROBI, WCC FIFTH ASSEMBLY, 1975

CENTRAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT, Berlin West, August 1974

WCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION, Bad Saarow, German Democratic Republic, February 1974

STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST, WCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Canterbury, England, 12-22 August 1969

STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST ADOPTED BY THE WCC FOURTH ASSEMBLY, UPPSALA, July 1968

STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST, WCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 15-26 August 1967

CONCERNS OF THE CHURCHES - THE EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL AS A STATE, AMSTERDAM ASSEMBLY 1948: EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF COMMITTEE IV