By Joe Burns, Commission Member This year, the Commission sponsored the final film of the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival. It took place in Wheeler Hall, Leeds Cathedral, on 9th December […]
Palestine
12 Nov – Commission supports 2022 Leeds Palestinian Film Festival
In conjunction with the Leeds Palestinian Film festival and Pax Christi in the Leeds Diocese, we have agreed to host a screening of the final film in this year’s film […]
05 Oct – Is it Time for a One-state Solution in Israel Palestine?
By Joe Burns, Commission Member Jeff Halper, a Jewish academic living in Jerusalem, is the chair of ICAHD (Israeli Committee against House Demolitions). As part of a speaking tour in […]
22 Jun – What can we do about Palestine?
This was the title of a partnership event last week with Pax Christi in the Leeds Diocese and the Leeds Palestinian Film festival. Social justice issues are often complex, and […]
05 Dec – 2021 Palestinian Film festival Screening
By Carol Burns, Leeds Diocese Pax Christi member Imagine being 19 years old and having to decide whether to agree to be conscripted into the armed forces for your national […]
11 May – Commission expresses solidarity with the churches in Jerusalem
As a Commission of the Diocese of Leeds we express our solidarity with the local churches in Jerusalem and their anguish and concern at the ongoing violence there. We wholeheartedly […]
27 Nov – Film review: Jews Step Forward
By Anne Tracy, Newman parish, LeedsThis year, as part on the online Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, the Justice and Peace Commission sponsored the film ‘Jews Step Forward’ The panel discussion […]