WCC Urgently Appeals for Immediate Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine

巴以冲突再起，世界基督教教会联合会（World Council of Churches）密切关注事态发展，强烈呼吁双方停止暴力。

据报道，10月7日起，以色列和巴勒斯坦再起冲突，以色列总理宣布该国进入“战争状态”，截至目前冲突已造成双方超5600人伤亡，其规模与强度“前所未有”。

世基联总干事杰里·皮莱 (Jerry Pillay)牧师表示，“世界基督教教会联合会紧急呼吁停止暴力冲突，哈马斯要停止袭击，双方必须立即缓和局势……我们深切关注以色列和巴勒斯坦武装团体之间的冲突，这不仅关乎当前已经形成的迫在眉睫的危险，约旦河西岸和巴勒斯坦地区紧张局势和暴力的不断升级也势必会给该地区的人民，包括以色列人和巴勒斯坦人，带来一系列的悲惨后果。”

皮莱补充道，“当前的袭击只会引发更多暴力冲突，它们无法提供通往和平或正义的道路。”

他最后代表世基联敦促所有成员教会加入进来，“为基督诞生之地的公义和平祈祷，并声援所有受此暴力冲突影响和威胁的人们。”

“The World Council of Churches appeals urgently for an immediate cessation of this deadly violence, for Hamas to cease their attacks and ask both parties for de-escalation of the situation,” said WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay. “We are deeply concerned about the imminent risks of spiralling conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed groups, and of the inevitably tragic consequences for the people of the region – Israelis and Palestinians alike – following a period of escalating tensions and violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem.”

Pillay added: “The current attacks threaten only more violence; they cannot provide a path to peace or to justice.

“We urge all WCC member churches to join today in praying for just peace in the land of Christ’s birth, and in solidarity with all the people affected and threatened by violence,” he concluded.

Originally from Webpage "The WCC"

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