“Reconciliation is an active pursuit of justice, truth, and healing, a powerful and costly endeavour. It is not about standing on the sidelines, waiting for conflict to resolve itself, nor is it about maintaining a false balance in the face of deep injustice.” Daniel Munayer reflects on the power imbalances of the Israel-Palestine conflict and what it takes to work for a just and sustainable peace.

Around 20% of the population of Israel is Arab but the opportunities and lived experience of the Israeli Arab community is significantly different from that of Israel's Jewish citizens. 

In the final webinar of our series, Dr Martin Accad and Revd Dr Rima Nasrallah painted a vivid picture the extreme difficulties facing Christians (and most of the population) in Lebanon today.

In the third of our webinar series, we are joined by Archbishop Samy Shehata and Dr Ghada Basoum, both from Egypt. They speak about the joys and challenges facing Egyptian Christians today - and why Egypt is at a defining moment in history.

In the second of our webinar series, we are joined by Father Emanuel from Duhok in northern Iraq. He speaks about the vital role that Iraqi Christians play in modern-day Iraq, as well as the challenges facing this ancient minority community in a deeply unstable political and economic context.

In the first of our webinar series, our two speakers from Israel-Palestine shared powerful accounts of their experiences at the intersection between political situations and the outworking of their personal faith.

VLOG: Do Palestinian Christians feel part of the one household of God? Our friend and Trustee Rev Dr Munther Isaac, a pastor from Bethlehem gives his answer at a talk at the Chapel of Unity, Coventry Cathedral. Watch his talk in full.

Find out what the 75th anniversary of the Nakba means to Palestinians today with our “Nakba 75 - Personal Perspectives” blog series. In our final blog, Rami tells us that 15th May represents an opportunity to recommit ourselves to the pursuit of justice and hope, and to work towards a brighter future.

Find out what the 75th anniversary of the Nakba means to Palestinians today with our “Nakba 75 - Personal Perspectives” blog series. Today we hear from Bolous, who remembers fleeing Palestine as a young boy in 1948.