A Call for Morally Responsible Investment

In April 2005 the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre in Jerusalem issued A Call for Morally Responsible Investment: A Non-Violent Response to the Israeli Occupation [PDF]. An international conference under the same title will be held in Toronto from 26-29 October 2005. This international conference for CROs (Church Related Organizations) and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) seeks
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Posted: August 11, 2005 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=155 In this article: divestment, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, Sabeel Transmis : 11 aoüt 2005 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=155 Dans cet article : divestment, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, Sabeel

A Non-Violent Response to the Israeli Occupation?

A trip report by Stuart Brown, Canadian Centre for Ecumenism. The purpose of this trip was to attend an international meeting on responsible investment: "A Non-Violent Response to the Israeli Occupation?" Our Centre was one of the sixty sponsors of this conference, which was organized by the Canadian Friends of Sabeel.

Posted: December 4, 2005 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=176 In this article: 2005, divestment, Middle East, Palestine, Sabeel Transmis : 4 décembre 2005 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=176 Dans cet article : 2005, divestment, Middle East, Palestine, Sabeel

Une Réponse non violente à l’occupation israélienne?

Un rapport de voyage par Dr. Stuart Brown, Centre canadien d’oecuménisme. Le but de ce voyage était d’assister à un colloque international sur les investissements responsables : « Une Réponse non violente à l’occupation israélienne? » Notre Centre s’est inscrit parmi les soixante agences qui ont parrainé le colloque, qui était organisé par les Amis canadiens du Sabeel.
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Posted: December 4, 2005 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=177
Categories: News • In this article: 2005, divestment, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, Sabeel Transmis : 4 décembre 2005 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=177
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Church Leaders call for Immediate Ceasefire in Middle East

Church leaders and inter-church organizations around the world have been speaking out about the current crisis in the Middle East, and despite differences in perspective, are urging an immediate ceasefire.
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Posted: August 12, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=254
Categories: Documents, Resources, WCC News • In this article: church leaders, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, peace, statements Transmis : 12 aoüt 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=254
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Ecumenical Centres call for Immediate Ceasefire in Middle East

The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism and the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism join church leaders and inter-church organizations around the world in urging an immediate cessation of hostilities in the conflict between Israel and Hezbullah. The CCE‘s new Executive Director Anthony Mansour and the Associate Director Adèle Brodeur write: “We call for an immediate implementation of
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Posted: August 12, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=255
Categories: Documents, News • In this article: Centre Canadien d’œcuménisme, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, peace, Prairie Centre for Ecumenism, statements Transmis : 12 aoüt 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=255
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Ecumenical delegation reports on visit to Jerusalem and Beirut

“Why such awful destruction?” was the question heard over and over again by members of an ecumenical pastoral delegation in relation to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.

Entrusted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Conference of European Churches (CEC), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) with the mission of expressing global ecumenical solidarity with churches and people affected by the conflict in the Middle East, the delegation returned with the task of transmitting the hopes and expectations of the churches in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel to the international ecumenical family.
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Posted: August 16, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=256
Categories: WCC News • In this article: Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, peace, violence, WCC Transmis : 16 aoüt 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=256
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De retour du Moyen Orient, la délégation œcuménique fait part des préoccupations des Eglises

“Pourquoi une destruction si épouvantable?” C’est la question que les membres d’une délégation pastorale œcuménique n’ont cessé d’entendre à propos des attaques israéliennes contre le Liban.

Chargée par le Conseil œcuménique des Eglises (COE), la Conférence des Eglises européennes (KEK), la Fédération luthérienne mondiale (FLM) et l’Alliance réformée mondiale (ARM) d’exprimer la solidarité du monde œcuménique envers les Eglises et les populations touchées par le conflit au Moyen Orient, la délégation est rentrée avec pour mandat de transmettre à la famille œcuménique internationale les espoirs et les attentes des Eglises du Liban, de Palestine et d’Israël.
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Posted: August 18, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=257
Categories: Communiqué, WCC News • In this article: Israel, Libya, Middle East, Palestine, peace, violence, WCC Transmis : 18 aoüt 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=257
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An alternative to divestment?

The United Church of Canada‘s 39th General Council has rejected a proposal calling for divestment from Israel, in favour of what is described as a “pro-peace” investment strategy. The proposal originally presented to the General Council called for the church and its congregations to selectively divest from corporations that support or contribute to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

The General Council is held every three years as the highest decision making body in the United Church of Canada (UCC). The meeting August 13 to 19 was in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Approximately 400 commissioners from across Canada participated in the General Council meeting.
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Posted: August 18, 2006 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=258
Categories: Opinion • In this article: 2006, divestment, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, Sabeel, United Church of Canada Transmis : 18 aoüt 2006 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=258
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