WCRC Webinar: Settlement Expansion in the West Bank, International Law, and the Church's Response

The fourth instalment of the Focus on Ush Ghurab, led by the World Communion of Reformed Churches, is a webinar titled Settlement Expansion in the West Bank, International Law, and the Church’s Response. The conversation features voices from Kairos Palestine and leaders from Beit Sahour.

Speakers include:
Moderator – Muna Nassar, executive secretary for mission and Advocacy of the WCRC

Philip Vinod Peacock, general secretary of the WCRC

Rifat Odeh Kassis, general coordinator of Kairos Palestine

Laith Qumsieh, mayor of Beit Sahour

Dalia Qumsieh, founder and director of The Balasan Initiative for Human Rights

Munther Isaac, pastor and director of the Bethlehem Institute of Peace and Justice

Resources:
WCRC Focus: Palestine Handbook
https://wcrc.eu/resource/focus-palestiner-wcrc-resource/

Kairos Palestine
https://www.kairospalestine.ps/

WCRC Campaign Hub: Ush Ghurab
https://wcrc.eu/ush-ghurab-three/

Balasan Initiative Urgent Appeal to the UN (PDF)
https://balasan.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Urgent-Appeal-to-UN-SP-on-Immediate-International-Action-Required-to-Halt-the-Establishment-of-a-New-Israeli-Settlement-in-Beit-Sahour.pdf

Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice
https://bipj.org/

Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem (ARIJ)
https://www.arij.org/