Church of England head calls for supporting Palestinian Christian family in West Bank

The Church of England’s spiritual head has called for supporting the Kisiya family, a Palestinian Christian family whose land in the al-Makhrour valley outside Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank was taken over by Israeli settlers.

Justin Welby – who also heads the worldwide Anglican Communion – said in a statement, “The oppression, violence, and discrimination against Palestinians in the West Bank, including Christians, must cease.”

He added: “The Israeli government is not above the law and must stop acting otherwise. Steadfast Christian families such as the Kisiya family, whose ancestral land has been forcibly stolen from them, remain especially in my prayers. We continue to stand in prayerful solidarity with our Palestinian Christian sisters and brothers as they resist the injustice of occupation.”