Category: Palestine and Israel

Take Action for Palestine: Take part in a creative action

Take Action for Palestine: Take part in PIEN’s creative actionGather your community to take part in a creative action being coordinated by the Palestine and Israel Ecumenical Network. For the past two years the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Network (PIEN) have produced a video showing Christians holding signs calling for an end to the injustice in […]

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Interfaith groups gather to pray for peace in Palestine

Prayer vigil brings people of various faiths together In a telling display of unity, compassion and shared humanity, interfaith communities gathered for a solemn prayer vigil for peace and justice in Palestine   Subscribe to our newsletter If you want to get the latest news from the Uniting Church in Australia then subscribe to our […]

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Why the Uniting Church Assembly supports the March for Humanity

A call to public witness: why the Uniting Church supports the March for Humanity The Uniting Church Assembly has chosen to officially support the public event for peace and justice in Palestine, when thousands of people will walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge   Why the Uniting Church Assembly is supporting the March for Humanity […]

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ASC adopts WCC Statement on Palestine

Uniting Church stands with the global church in call for justice and peace in Palestine and Israel The Uniting Church Assembly Standing Committee has adopted a statement of the World Council of Churches Central Committee on Palestine as the Uniting Church’s official positionA Call to End Apartheid, Occupation and Impunity: Uniting Church Adopts WCC Statement […]

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'Even the stones': A statement on Palestine – Easter 2025

“If we do not speak, even the stones will cry out” In the season of Easter 2025 and following the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, President of the Uniting Church Rev Charissa Suli has released a statement affirming the solidarity of the Uniting Church with suffering Palestine STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITING CHURCH […]

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Media release: Palestinian Visas

Uniting Church National Assembly response: Palestinian Visas The Uniting Church National Assembly has responded to an election commitment by the Opposition Leader that visas for Palestinians from Gaza should be reassessed   MEDIA RELEASE – 24 APRIL 2025 The Uniting Church in Australia strongly opposes Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s election commitment yesterday that under a […]

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