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Merchants of death relocate after two years of protest

Updated 2 September 2025

One of the UK's biggest arms fairs is to relocate from Telford to Birmingham following two years of persistent protest.

Merchants of death relocate after two years of protest

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Quakers hold peaceful worship outside arms fair profiting from war and genocide

Updated 10 September 2025

Quakers worshipped peacefully outside the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair at London's ExCeL Centre yesterday, in protest at how the UK enables war profiteers.

Quakers hold peaceful worship outside arms fair profiting from war and genocide

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Quakers denied intervention in court challenge over faith rights in terror law case

Updated 11 September 2025

Quakers in Britain has been refused permission to give evidence in a landmark legal challenge to the UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group.

Quakers denied intervention in court challenge over faith rights in terror law case

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Quakers join UK churches in urgent call to pray for peace in the Middle East

Updated 15 September 2025

Quakers in Britain are joining faith-based organisations across the UK in inviting churches to unite in praying for peace in the Middle East, amid escalating violence in Israel and Palestine

Quakers join UK churches in urgent call to pray for peace in the Middle East

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UK recognition of Palestine: a first step to right a historic wrong

Updated 21 September 2025

Quakers in Britain welcomes the announcement by our government today to formally recognise the State of Palestine.

UK recognition of Palestine: a first step to right a historic wrong

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Lifesaving aid in Palestine under threat from new Israeli measures, Quakers warn

Updated 7 January 2026

New Israeli government rules threaten aid across Palestine, leaving civilians facing acute hunger and inadequate shelter, 53 international organisations, including Quakers in Britain, have warned.

Lifesaving aid in Palestine under threat from new Israeli measures, Quakers warn

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Quakers in Britain are shocked and deeply saddened by the major escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine

Updated 4 February 2025

As of 11 October 2023, more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and more than 900 in Gaza. Over 2,700 people have been injured in Israel, and 4,250 in Gaza. More than 260,000 Gazans have been displaced from their homes. Up to 150 people have been taken hostage by Hamas. Behind these rising numbers of deaths and casualties are individual lives ended or changed irrevocably. We mourn those lives already lost and call for an immediate de-escalation.

Quakers in Britain are shocked and deeply saddened by the major escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine

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Human rights monitors safely home from Palestine

Updated 4 February 2025

Two Irish nationals in Palestine to monitor the human rights situation on behalf of British and Irish churches and NGOs have been evacuated.

Human rights monitors safely home from Palestine

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Quakers hold West Bank Quaker school in the Light after three alumni shot in the USA

Updated 4 February 2025

Quakers in Britain have offered their support to Ramallah Friends School in the wake of the shooting of three former students in Vermont.

Quakers hold West Bank Quaker school in the Light after three alumni shot in the USA

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Quakers in Britain condemn UK and US airstrikes in Yemen

Updated 4 February 2025

Quakers have called on the UK government to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts in the Middle East, following the attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen.

Quakers in Britain condemn UK and US airstrikes in Yemen