Organisation: World Council of Churches

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<p>Israelis amid the rubble of a building the day after the initial Hamas attacks on October 7. Picture: Oded Balilty/AP</p>

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Letters to the Editor: The true war crime is using civilians as a human shield

One reader says Israel is trying to minimise civilian casualties, while others consider the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, West Bank settlements, and the threat hanging over Lebanon

I believed Israel to be built on justice and now I believe the opposite

Government must act to help villagers in the West Bank

Plight of Christians gives an insight into Israel

world

Obama in plea against plan to burn Koran

business

Time to fix Easter Sunday, says new hotels chief

US churches denounce Iraq war

A coalition of American churches sharply denounced the United States-led war in Iraq today, accusing Washington of “raining down terror”.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2006

Pope meets head of World Council of Churches

Pope Benedict XVI today met with the leader of the World Council of Churches in another indication of his attempts to improve relations with other Christians and heal the 1,000-year-old rift with the Orthodox Church.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2005

Afrikaner cleric-turned-anti-apartheid 'hero' dies

Beyers Naude, an Afrikaner cleric who spent half his life using the Bible to justify apartheid before becoming one of the anti-apartheid movement’s most important moral voices, died early today.

Tue, 07 Sep, 2004

We were not welcome

IT IS fallacious to say the Irish should welcome all refugees/asylum seekers because we were made so welcome in America and Canada all those years ago. It is not true.

Thu, 10 Jun, 2004