May we commend this to you for action, reproduced from the Diocesan e-newletter. 

Faith leaders, churches, faith-based charities and other organisations have formed a UK-wide, cross-denominational coalition calling for an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine. 

The campaign called Time to Act has been organised by the Just Peace Coalition of churches and charities, including All We Can; Amos Trust; CAFOD; Christian Aid; Christians for Palestine; Commitment for Life; EAPPI UK and Ireland; Embrace the Middle East; FaithJustice; Iona Community; Justice and Peace Scotland; Methodist Church; Pax Christi England & Wales; Quakers in Britain; Sabeel-Kairos UK; SCIAF; Undeb Yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg/ the Union of Welsh Independents; United Reformed Church; and Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru/Church in Wales. 

They say the conflict in the Middle East and the rise in Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has decimatedcommunities - Christian and Muslim alike – and destroyed the lives and life chances of millions.

Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, said: “Time to Act provides us with the opportunity to come together as Christians and to advocate for a just peace in Israel and Palestine - a peace characterised by the active promotion of justice and the nurturing of equitable relationships within and between communities so that everyone can live life in all its fullness. I encourage all Christians to join this campaign and to seek this peace and to pursue it with all the urgency that it requires.”