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Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice
25 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are uniting with peace and climate justice movements worldwide to highlight the connections between their causes.
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Quakers join calls for the UK to review its trade agreement with Israel
24 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are calling on the UK to review its trade relations with Israel due to serious breaches of international law and human rights in occupied Palestine.
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Quakers urge full ban on UK arms exports to Israel
3 September 2024
The government's suspension of some arms exports is a welcome recognition of the clear risk that Israel is using UK arms to violate international humanitarian law, but does not go nearly far enough, Quakers in Britain said.
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Quakers welcome historic ruling on Palestine but warn of imminent danger of wider war
2 August 2024
Quakers have welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) landmark ruling that the Israeli presence in all occupied Palestinian territory must end.
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Quakers call for a ‘fundamental reset’ of UK policies towards Palestine
11 July 2024
Quakers joined 17 other UK charities outlining the key steps the new government must take in its first 100 days to address the conflict in Gaza.
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Pity of War sculpture unveiled at National Memorial Arboretum
4 July 2024
As over 100 conflicts rage around the world, and the death toll in Gaza and Israel rises to more than 35,000, the first memorial to civilian casualties of war has been unveiled.