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MEDIA ADVISORY, May 25 /Standard Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by the World Council of Churches:
Round table on
Occupation and dispossession
Monday, 31 May, 15:00-17:00
Ecumenical Centre, 150 Route de Ferney, Salles II & III
(free parking available)
Speakers:
Hazem Jamjoum
Communications officer of the BADIL Resource Centre for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights and editor of al-Majdal Quarterly Magazine
and
Caroline and Nathan Finkelstein
Geneva-based members of Urgence Palestine and of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
The event will be in English and is organized by the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum on the occasion of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, 29 May - 4 June 2010.
The World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel is convened by the World Council of Churches, which invites member churches and related organizations to join a week of advocacy and action for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum is a platform that rallies churches together enabling them to coordinate their efforts and initiatives for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.
On the same date, there will be a day-long exhibition at the Ecumenical Centre with handicrafts, photos, posters, books, magazines, videos and DVDs depicting the impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people.
Media contact: Ranjan Solomon, 022.791.6398, 076.395.8250, lcs@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
