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A Just Peace
Bring your church community closer to the experiences of those living under oppression in the occupied Palestinian territory and join Christian Aid’s Campaign for A Just Peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territory.
Christian Aid have provided films, resources and actions to inspire your church to pursue a just peace.
“Seek peace and pursue it.”
Psalm 34:14
The lives of Israelis and Palestinians have been shaped by collective loss, trauma and fear. Israeli occupation and an extreme imbalance of power have resulted in millions of Palestinians living under oppression and in poverty.
The Christian Aid website features videos to listen to Palestinian voices and suggests ways to take action for Peace.
The Just Peace Booklet equips you and your church to start conversations about a just peace.
Prayer of the Peacemaker
God of Justice and Peace
Make us peacemakers.
Give us courage to bear witness to uncomfortable truths,
Help us when our eyes want to look away from destruction and death.
Give us courage to speak where there is silence,
To name complicity, injustice and poverty.
Make us dissatisfied by shrugging off the ‘complicated’,
Keep us curious to listen and understand.
Help us hold together Palestinian and Israeli,
As we stand in solidarity against oppression.
Plant in us persistence in seeking a just peace,
Let us not grow weary in our petition and our prayer.
Give strength and wisdom to all who strive for peace, on both sides of checkpoints and blockade.
God of Justice and Peace,
Make us peacemakers, Amen