World Student Christian Federation
"A call to solidarity with The Palestinian people
The world student Christian federation condemns the Israeli war waged
against the Palestinian people. This is the time for acts of solidarity
with a population subjected to the violence of occupation, humiliation
and denial of human rights.
We reiterate the resolution adopted by the 32nd General Assembly of the
WSCF that took place in Beirut 1999 and states the following:
Comprehensive peace and justice, rejection of violence and achievement
of development are strategic goals for the people of the Middle East,
especially youth.
To achieve peace and stability in the region, all parties concerned with
the process, especially Israel, must fulfill their obligations through:
The building of cooperative and integrative relationships between the
countries in the Middle East is not possible so long as Arabs are denied
the fullness of their rights. It is difficult for peace to flourish in a
confiscated land, a land of wounded justice.
Therefore we call upon all student Christian movement affiliated to WSCF
around the World to dedicate an urgent meeting to:
Regional Secretary
1- Pray for just peace in this particular region of the World.
2- Raise to awareness of students about the true situation in the
Palestinian territories mainly the violation of human rights and dignity
and the suffering of the Palestinian people especially youth who are
arrested and subjected to moral and physical abuse.
3- Cooperate with Churches and NGO’s for advocacy work and urge the
governments to intervene quickly in order to put an end to the agony of
the Palestinian people, send international monitors and to return to
the negotiation table.
4- Collect contributions from youth and organizations and send them to
our sisters and brothers in Palestine.
Elias Halabi"