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Disability support continues in Gaza but impact of war still a daily reality
Read More: Disability support continues in Gaza but impact of war still a daily realityThe World Health Organisation has estimated that over 10,000 children in Gaza have sustained life-changing injuries in the recent war. Thousands more have chronic conditions and disabilities that have deteriorated over the last two years because they’ve been unable to…
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Profound Peace
Read More: Profound PeaceJanuary 2026 What comes to mind when you consider peace? We long for ‘a bit of peace and quiet’, we witness ‘peaceful protests’, we pray for peace which is synonymous with praying for the cessation of conflict, violence and injustice.…
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Festivities until February – Celebrating Christmas in the Armenian Church
Read More: Festivities until February – Celebrating Christmas in the Armenian ChurchJanuary 2026 Did you know that the Lebanese population includes a significant Armenian minority? Many are descended from families who fled the Armenian Genocide of 1918-20. They brought with them their religious traditions. Now, one of the two catholicosates (similar…
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Where I see Emmanuel this Christmas – Personal reflections from the Middle East
Read More: Where I see Emmanuel this Christmas – Personal reflections from the Middle EastDecember 2025 We are drawing closer to Christmas and celebrating the birth of the Christ Child, Emmanuel, ‘God with us’. But where do we see God with us today, in our fractured world? We asked our Christian sisters and brothers…
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“Spreading hope is a profound challenge, but we will never tire”: An advent message from Jerusalem
Read More: “Spreading hope is a profound challenge, but we will never tire”: An advent message from JerusalemDecember 2025 Set up by Pope Pius XII in 1949 to provide education, health and humanitarian services to Palestinian refugees, Embrace partner the Pontifical Mission for Palestine (PMP) still serves those in critical need across the West Bank and Gaza.…
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Life after the ceasefire: Update from Gaza
Read More: Life after the ceasefire: Update from GazaDecember 2025 Our partners continue to work tirelessly in extremely challenging circumstances to provide the vital aid that the people of Gaza need as they strive to continue their daily lives in their war-torn surroundings. The fighting may have officially…
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Freedom to move within your own country: the courageous work of the Society of St Yves
Read More: Freedom to move within your own country: the courageous work of the Society of St Yves“Until I crossed the Israeli checkpoint to enter the West Bank, my mind of a European who’s grown up with the privilege of free movement in my own native country could not compute what it means for a Palestinian to…
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The occupation, olive trees and faith in the West Bank – an interview with Peter Nasir
Read More: The occupation, olive trees and faith in the West Bank – an interview with Peter NasirJamie Eyre, CEO of Embrace, speaks with Peter Nasir, General Secretary of East Jerusalem YMCA about the Christian community in the West Bank, the reality of life under occupation and the work of the YMCA.
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Life in Lebanon a year on from war
Read More: Life in Lebanon a year on from warDuring the autumn of 2024, the Israel-Hezbollah war turned life upside down for many of Lebanon’s citizens, but what has life been like since the ceasefire? Has life been able to return to normal or are there lasting scars? We’ve…