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End trade with illegal Israeli settlements
25 March 2026
Quakers in Britain is backing a new campaign calling on the UK and Ireland to end all trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.
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Quaker pacifist seized off Kyiv street
20 March 2026
Update: 23 March 2026. Quaker and conscientious objector Yurii Sheliazhenko has been released from military custody in Ukraine after being forcibly detained last Thursday. Yurii was beaten, pepper-sprayed, dragged by his feet and hair and humiliated during his detention.
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Children’s art for peace in Quaker central offices
4 March 2026
Eighty years after the Korean peninsula was divided by war, an exhibition of drawings by children on both sides of the divide is on show in Quaker central offices, London.
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UK should work for peace not war in the Middle East, Quakers say
2 March 2026
Quakers in Britain have called on the UK government to focus on building a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.
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Quakers nominate Concordis International for Nobel Peace Prize
24 February 2026
Quakers in Britain and the United States of America have nominated Concordis International for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising two decades of community-led peacebuilding.
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Shadi Khoury faces months in Israeli military prison
17 February 2026
A former Ramallah Friends School student has been sentenced by an Israeli military court to 32 months in prison and a 12,000-shekel fine.