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Canterbury Archbishop Promises Palestinian Peace, Bishops Urge UK Action

6/27/2026

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Mullally Pledges Peace

Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally pledged peace and freedom for Palestinians at St Peter’s in Birzeit.
Mullally met 26-year-old Palestinian Anglican Layan Nasir, who has been detained three times by Israel.
She traveled with Archbishop Hosam Naoum to Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem.
Four senior Church of England bishops urged the UK government in a Dec 2025 letter to curb settler violence after attacks on the Taybeh church.

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Mullally Urges Unity

The joint pastoral letter issued on 25 June 2026 urges Anglicans worldwide to act on love, citing 1 John 3:18.
Addressed to the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East and the global Anglican Communion, it calls for unity and grassroots reconciliation in Israel and Palestine.
The letter follows Archbishop Sarah Mullally’s five-day Holy Land pilgrimage, invited by Archbishop Hosam Naoum, during which they met clergy, congregations and interfaith groups.

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Anglican Alliance Sustains

Anglican Alliance aid has kept the Diocese of Jerusalem alive while rising financial and regulatory pressures now threaten its operations.
It cites the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s 2024 Advisory Opinion urging a two-state solution and a shared Jerusalem capital that preserves the Status Quo and Hashemite custodianship.
Anglican schools, hospitals and ministries, including Gaza’s Al Ahli hospital, stay open and provide dignity and care despite the catastrophic health-system collapse.

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Mullally Calls Review

The Church of England’s General Synod will debate a motion to review its Israel-Palestine investments next month.
Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani said the review targets justice and human dignity.
Archbishop Sarah Mullally warned Gaza’s health system is collapsing and urged global aid to rebuild.
Mullally met the parents of Natalie Abu Dayeh and planted an olive tree with the Nassar family, a symbol of Christian roots since 1991.

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Mullally Pledges Peace

Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally pledged peace and freedom for Palestinians at St Peter’s in Birzeit.
Mullally met 26-year-old Palestinian Anglican Layan Nasir, who has been detained three times by Israel.
She traveled with Archbishop Hosam Naoum to Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem.
Four senior Church of England bishops urged the UK government in a Dec 2025 letter to curb settler violence after attacks on the Taybeh church.

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