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Amongst them a particular place is held by the historic Churches of Israel and Palestine, the “living stones” of the Holy Land, who face ever-increasing violence, and even the threat of extinction, in the land where Christianity began.
I volunteered with the YWCA in my youth - including representing the ‘Y’ at ecumenical conferences in East Germany and Palestine.
The motions in July’s Synod understanding the needs of people in both Israel and Palestine were moving.
recently privileged to visit Palestine and Israel in preparation for a Carlisle ‘Kairos’ motion which eventually passed in General Synod in July.
I undertook a 3- month human rights role in the West Bank of occupied Palestine in 2019, under the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, which places importance on listening to Israeli perspectives as well as Palestinians.
During my time on General Synod I have served on one legislative committee and as part of the Working Groups on the Prayers of Love and Faith, and spoken in debates on statutory parish fees and Israel/Palestine.
Marriage into the British Diplomatic Service, a second MA in Applied Linguistics at London University, and tragic inability to have children, prompted teaching, training, conferencing, publications and consultancy for British universities, leading publishers, the British Council, Ministries of Education including the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Jordan, alongside fifteen years tutoring Open University E302 Language and Creativity.
I also spent a great many weekends and much of my annual leave teaching modules and short courses in cancer, palliative, and end-of- life care to nurses and other healthcare professionals in many countries including Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Palestine, and Turkey.
oppression, drawing on my work with Christian schools in Burundi and Palestine.
Having said that, quite a bit of navel-gazing took place and I was really shocked when a motion about Palestine was jettisoned in February for one about flower arranging!
I came across the issue of Palestine decades ago.
In 2006 I took three months’ unpaid leave to serve as a human rights monitor on a World Council of Churches initiative called the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI).
I led activists from six different countries to the EU to lobby for Palestine.
And with encouragement from the then Bishop of Sherborne Graham Kings, I ran sixth-form conferences about Palestine in Sherborne and Wimborne.
All of us support nonviolent direct action group Palestine Action (PA) which the government has proscribed.
I am on my Deanery Synod Steering Committee and brought the Carlisle motion on Kairos Palestine to my Deanery which passed to our Diocesan Synod.
I am a trustee of The Feast, MyTrust and the Forum for the Discussion of Israel and Palestine.
In 2016/2017 I volunteered with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme for Palestine and Israel (World Council of Churches) residing in the
• Most recently, proposing to amend the Kairos Palestine motion from ‘receive’ to ‘hear,’ helping to
The Kairos Palestine II document (motioned and
Therefore, if elected, I will seek an appropriate opportunity for General Synod to reconsider its treatment of Kairos Palestine II and to test and rethink its assertions.
At the very end of the last quinquennium I presented our Diocesan Synod Motion on Kairos Palestine.
This work needs to reflect both the urgency of the situation in Israel/Palestine (and the effect on the worldwide church) but also the diversity of views within the church.
I have an active interest and involvement in environmental issues and Amesty International regularly joining vigils for Palestine in the last two years.
The Church of England and the wider Anglican tradition is unique in its identity as both catholic and reformed and as such makes an important contribution to the global church but is also enriched by working together and standing in solidarity with Christians around the world, including members of the persecuted church and Christians in Palestine and the wider Middle East.
ISRAEL–PALESTINE Tabled amendments seeking to hold together repentance for Christian antisemitism and a commitment to Jewish-Christian dialogue, with justice for Palestinians, respect for international law and the ongoing work of facilitating dialogue and working towards peace.
I retain a deep affection for Palestine and its people, and for our sister Diocese of Jerusalem.