Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has contributed an initial $20,000 to support a humanitarian response to the emergency in Gaza. Caritas Jerusalem is providing medical assistance, food and other necessities to the thousands of vulnerable people affected by the escalating conflict. More than 775 people have been killed during Israeli attacks, with more than 100,000 Palestinians Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Gaza’
Anti-Semitic attacks grow in Europe as Gaza conflict goes on
Friday, July 25th, 2014
Political and religious leaders in Europe have denounced anti-Semitism in their region as protests grow about the conflict in Gaza. “Anti-Semitic rhetoric and hostility against Jews, attacks on people of Jewish belief and synagogues have no place in our societies,” the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy said on July 22. Thousands defied a Read more
NZ Jews, Christians, and Muslims leaders call for peace in Gaza
Friday, July 25th, 2014Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders in Wellington have issued a joint statement regarding the current conflict in Gaza and Israel. “We call upon all of the parties involved in the current conflict in Gaza and Israel to cease hostilities, and sit down at the negotiating table and do the hard work necessary to obtain a Read more
Muslims, Jews and Christians fast together for Holy Land peace
Friday, July 18th, 2014
Muslims, Jews and Christians throughout the world have fasted from sunrise to sundown on one day, in the interests of peace in Israel and Palestine. July 15 was designated as an appropriate occasion as it fell on significant fasting days in Jewish and Muslim religious calendars. It was the 17th of the month of Tammuz Read more
Politics and Christians in the Holy Land
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Given that the Vatican “gay lobby” story was back in the air this week, it may be hard for some to fathom that anything else is cooking on the church beat. Yet there is real news out there, including this: A new threat has emerged to the Christian community in the Gaza Strip, estimated at just 3,000 Read more
Christians in Gaza may have to close their schools
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013Christians in Gaza face a new threat as the Hamas government has decided to ban coeducational schools. This means the five Christian schools on the strip, two Catholic and three Protestant, may have to close — even though they serve a largely Muslim population. National Catholic Reporter correspondent John Allen points out that the distorting Read more
Nun tells of life in Gaza under bombardment
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012“We have been living in an atmosphere of tension . . . . Attacks and retaliations have been going on practically non-stop. All activities have been interrupted. People are scared . . . . This description of life in Gaza under bombardment comes from a sister of the Congregation of the Incarnate Word, which is Read more