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Embrace the Middle East has signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urging him to restore UK funding for UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) following the UN Secretary General’s Independent Review. The letter, which was signed by 28…

On 21 August, Israeli forces issued “evacuation orders” to areas in Deir Al Balah, including parts of the so-called “humanitarian zone” where thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter, and many UK humanitarian organisations have been operating with offices and staff based there. Several organisations, including Action For Humanity, Christian Aid,…

Embrace has signed an open letter to Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron calling on the UK to immediately halt arms licences and exports to the Government of Israel. The letter is reproduced in full below: Dear Trade Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Together we are urging you…

140+ Global Christian Leaders Call for Permanent Gaza Ceasefire and Halt of Arms Sales to Israel In a new letter released during Holy Week ahead of Easter, more than 140 bishops and executive leaders from churches, denominations, and church-based organizations in the UK, US and around the world call for…

Embrace the Middle East has joined 45 other charities in signing the following open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, raising concerns over Government proposals to further restrict the right to protest and free expression in the UK: To the Prime Minister,  RE: Government proposals to crack down on the…

Over 60 UK INGOs, including Embrace the Middle East, have written an open letter to MPs and Ministers ahead of the SNP motion on Wednesday to vote for a ceasefire in Gaza. The letter is signed by ActionAid UK, Amnesty International UK, IRC UK, Jewish Network for Palestine, Norwegian Refugee…

Embrace the Middle East has joined with churches and Christian charities in signing an open letter to the twenty-six Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords, urging them to vote against the Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill. We believe the Bill to be misguided and…

Embrace the Middle East signed the following letter to the Prime Minister from the Humanitarian and Human Rights Sector on Rafah: Dear Prime Minister, Subject: The UK must demand that Israel immediately stops its offensive into Rafah and call for a ceasefire now We write to you as international humanitarian,…

PALESTINIAN PASTOR REVD MUNTHER ISAAC CALLS UK CHURCH TO ACTION FOR GAZA 05 February 2024. On Sunday 18th February Revd Dr Munther Isaac is set to deliver a powerful and unflinching sermon at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in London, calling the UK Church to act in haste regarding the situation…

Embrace the Middle East joined with other Christian organisations and church leaders to issue a joint statement on the Middle East crisis and reiterate the urgent need for a permanent ceasefire. Joint Statement, 15 December 2023: Only a permanent ceasefire can deliver sufficient aid and demonstrate our collective sense of…

This week, whilst the temporary truce was still holding, Embrace the Middle East joined 68 bishops, church and Christian civil society leaders in the UK, the US, Ireland, the global south and elsewhere in reiterating calls for a permanent ceasefire with the release of all hostages and criticising inaction and…

Statement from Embrace the Middle East, 17 November 2023: The news that Al Ahli hospital is no longer able to receive patients and has stopped all operations shocks and dismays. The extreme misery and human suffering experienced by so many these past six weeks is compounded as the last working…