WCC announces peace week, calls for Israeli accountability
September 23, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Announcing its 2025 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, the World Council of Churches (WCC) called for accountability for Israel.
The World Council of Churches stated that the word “apartheid” is “the accurate way of describing the current actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza and the West Bank.” The WCC also urged “states, churches, and international institutions to impose consequences for violations of international law, including targeted sanctions, divestment, and arms embargoes.”
350 Protestant and Orthodox communities are members of the World Council of Churches, which is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Pope Francis made an ecumenical pilgrimage to Geneva in 2018 for the WCC’s 70th anniversary.
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