During the Advent period, our attention is on the challenges faced in the Holy Land due to the increasing and unstoppable violence, holding onto hope for a Peaceful future.
We have collected five simple ways to help you support Peace and Solidarity in the Holy Land into your Advent activities:
🕯️ Light a Candle for Peace: Light a candle for all those suffering in the conflict and as a reminder of our commitment to spreading peace in the Holy Land
✉️ Send a Peace Message: Share a message of peace with your friends in the Holy Land
📜 Speak Up for Change: Write to your Elected Representatives:
- Send them the Pax Christi International statements: Toward a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine Archives
- Ask them to call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the siege in Gaza and an end to the occupation of the West Bank
🎁 Christmas Gifts of Solidarity:
- Sponsor Olive Trees: Facebook / Olive Tree Campaign – Keep Hope Alive
- Support organisations: www.eyewitnessblogs.com/localorganisations/
🌈 Share Advent Cards made by the children in the Holy Land ready to be sent worldwide! Browse the gallery and download the cards here.
Together, let’s be messengers of positive change, working towards a future of nonviolence, peace, and solidarity for all, reflecting the true Christmas spirit.
Additional resources:
- Statements about Christmas from the Latin Patriarch and the Orthodox Patriarch
- Resources for holding a ‘naming the dead’ action in your town or city
- Alternative Christmas Carols
- Alternative Christmas Images
- Advent Ceasefire Chains
- Preach Palestine 2023 FOSNA : Blog 2 — Friends of Sabeel North America (fosna.org)
- Churches for the Middle East Peace Advent 2023 Devotional: In Everlasting Light, Justice Shines by Churches for Middle East Peace | Blurb Books
- Organisations to support