Dear Reader,

In this issue you can find recent peace-related news and forthcoming events in and around Coventry.

Please do let us know of any peace-related news or activities happening in or near Coventry and we will be happy to add them to our website http://coventrycityofpeace.uk and include them in a future edition of this newsletter.

Philip Brown
Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace & Reconciliation
covlmpc@gmail.com

Peace News

UN Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Middle East

The video below, produced by United Nations Association Coventry, shows the speech of António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, who addressed a Security Council meeting on 24 Oct 2023 which was convened to discuss the Israel Palestine. The remarks he made brought condemnation from Israel with called upon him to resign and the refusal to allow visas to UN personnel, …

Archbishop of Canterbury statement on Israel and Gaza

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby, 13 October 2023. ‘Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee’ (Psalm 122) Our grief and shock only grows greater as more devastating news and images emerge from the abhorrent terrorist attacks in Israel. The agonising suffering endured by those who were targeted and their …

Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel Standing Together

Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice. On 24 October 2023, Alon-Lee Green, National Co-Director of Standing Together spoke to Evan Davis on the BBC Radio 4 PM Programme. The following information is taken from the Standing Together website https://www.standing-together.org/en While the minority who benefit …

Urgent Call to Action over Palestine and Israel

The Quakers in Britain acting on behalf the the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) has issued an urgent call for people to act in solidarity with the people of Palestine and Israel. Regardless of your background on this issue, we can all do something. You will find below a list of urgent actions you can take today. …

Musalaha's Statement of Lament

Statement of Lament issued by Musalaha on 24 October 2023. Musalaha exists to bring reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. We at Musalaha lament the devastation and unfolding tragedies in Gaza and Southern Israel. We stand firmly against the embrace, use, and justification of violence against civilian populations in the name of justice, vengeance, and liberation. We are distressed and overwhelmed, …

Statement by Quakers of Britain on Israel/Palestine

The following statement was issued by Quakers of Britain on 11 October 2023. Quakers in Britain are shocked and deeply saddened by the major escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine As of 11 October 2023, more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and more than 900 in Gaza. Over 2,700 people have been injured in Israel, and …

Statement by UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Occupied Palestinian Territory

This statement was issued on 10 October 2023 by the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Lynn Hastings, on the hostilities between Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Palestinian armed groups infiltrated Israel on 7 October, killing and capturing hundreds of Israeli civilians and members of the Israeli forces while indiscriminately firing thousands of rockets into …

Pax Christi International Statement on the current escalation of conflict in Israel – Palestine

The following statement was issued by Pax Christi International in Brussels on 11 October 2023. Pax Christi International condemns all acts of violence which once again envelope the Holy Land in unimaginable grief, fear, and devastation. We mourn the loss of each life for all are equal. We remain steadfast in our call for a ceasefire, knowing that an escalation …

Forthcoming Peace-Related Events

If you know of other peace-related events please let us know.

Write to covlmpc@gmail.com

Coventry Peace Festival 2023

Coventry Peace Festival will take place between 1st – 14th November. At the time of writing the programme of events is still being planned. Details will be available at https://www.coventry.gov.uk/peace

Young People Rethinking Security and Peace Conference 2023

6th formers will discuss issues of security and how they can take steps to promote peace and understand issues that concerned them. Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation invites schools in Coventry and Warwickshire to attend a 6th Form Conference on the theme of Rethinking Security and Peace at 9.00am - 12.30pm on 9th November 2023 in Coventry …

Coventry Peace Lecture 2023

Coventry Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture 2023 will be held on 10 November during Coventry Peace Festival. The exact location has yet to be determined. The title will be Rwanda almost 30 years on In around 100 days in 1994, up to a million of the indigenous people of the small African country of Rwanda were killed. A civil war had …

Coventry International Young People’s Peace Essay Award Ceremony

On 14 November 2023, Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, working with the Coventry United Nations Association, will run a video event to announce the winners of Coventry International Young People’s Peace Essay 2023. Young people aged 15 to 24 can gain a certificate of participation, stand a chance to win a cash prize and gain an entry …

Ruined and Rebuilt

This classic book is on sale now in hardback or paperback and would make an ideal and unique gift. On the night of 14 November 1940, Reverend Richard Howard, Provost of Coventry Cathedral, was one of four firefighters who climbed onto the roof to smother with sand the incendiary bombs that were landing not just on the Cathedral but starting …

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