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Letter to the Prime Minister from the Humanitarian and Human Rights Sector on Rafah

Updated 14 February 2024

Alongside other charities and faith organisations, Quakers in Britain have written to the Prime Minister calling on him to use the UK's diplomatic pressure to urge Israel to change course.

Letter to the Prime Minister from the Humanitarian and Human Rights Sector on Rafah

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Quaker organisations share vision for peace in Palestine and Israel

Updated 15 April 2024

Quakers around the world are calling for action to bring about a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel.

Quaker organisations share vision for peace in Palestine and Israel

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Joint statement on Rafah incursion

Updated 4 February 2025

Quakers in Britain has joined 30 other charities calling on the UK government to take meaningful action to stop any further attacks on Rafah by the Israeli military.

Joint statement on Rafah incursion

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Quakers welcome landmark day for Palestine and Israel

Updated 19 July 2024

Quakers in Britain have published a statement on a landmark day for Palestine and Israel.

Quakers welcome landmark day for Palestine and Israel

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Marking the Balfour Declaration centenary

Updated 31 October 2017

This year marks historic anniversaries in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration conveying British support for a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine; 50 years since the start of the Israeli military occupation of Palestine; and 10 years since the beginning of the blockade of Gaza.

Reflecting on Balfour Declaration centenary

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Quakers condemn provocative US embassy move

Updated 14 May 2018

Amid rising tension and aggression in the region, opening the new US embassy in Jerusalem is an act of provocation as Palestinians mourn the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), say Quakers in Britain.

Quakers condemn provocative US embassy move

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Quakers condemn irresponsible US announcement on Israeli settlements

Updated 19 November 2019

Following the announcement this week from US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, Quakers in Britain have repeated their view that the settlements are a serious obstacle to peace.

Quakers condemn irresponsible US announcement on Israeli settlements

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Quakers call for end to violence

Updated 12 May 2021

Quakers in Britain have been watching, appalled, as the violence has escalated in Jerusalem over the last week and now spreads across the Holy Land.

Quakers call for end to violence

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Coalition stands up for rights of Palestinian people

Updated 14 May 2021

Amid escalating violence in Israel and occupied Palestine, Quakers in Britain are among a coalition of UK charities, human rights and faith organisations speaking up for the rights of Palestinian people.

Coalition stands up for rights of Palestinian people

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Israeli government's attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted

Updated 26 October 2021

The Israeli government has declared six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organisations". In a statement released today sixteen UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations – including Quakers in Britain – have condemned the move.

Israeli government's attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted