The Holy Land Information Pages
Provincial
Formal statements and documents produced by individual Churches of the Anglican Communion (only statements and documents produced since 2000 are included)
Church of England
In 2001, as a result of work done by the Church of England Inter Faith
Consultative Group a key document was produced Sharing
One Hope: on Christian - Jewish relations.
Also in 2001 The Board of Social Responsibility of the Church of England produced the report GS Misc 657 Demanding Peace, primarily as a response to the Al Aqsa Intifada. It is a significant document which outlines the recent history of the involvement of the Church of England in the issue of Israel/Palestine. It also makes recommendations about the conduct of pilgrimages to the Holy Land.v The report was received by General Synod.
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/international/foreignpolicy/gsmisc657.doc
In 2002 a further significant document was produced by the Board of
Social Responsibility GS 1463 entitled Israel/Palestine - An Unholy War.
This report, with a forward by Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal contains witihn
it documentation from a variety of sources both Anglican and ecumenical.
It was formally accepted by the General Synod.
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/socialpublic/international/foreignpolicy/gs1463.doc
In September 2005 a report Countering Terrorism: Power, Violence and Deomocracy post 9/11 was produced by a Working Gup of the Church of England's House of Bishops. Although this was not primarily focused on the issue of Israel/Palestine it contains useful material valuable to include on this website.
Countering Terrorism: Power, Violence and Democracy Post 9/11
19 September 2005 The report of the Ethical Investment Advisory Group of the Church of England Caterpillar: No current grounds for disinvestment http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr6605.html
6 February 2006 General Synod discussion and motion on Ethical Investment, with particular reference to the situation in Israel/Palestine. The transcript of the discussion, including the wording of the motion can be found here
7 March 2006 Following on the General Synod vote of 6 February the Ethical Investment Advisory Group met again and issued this document Caterpillar: Ethical Investment Advisory Group confirms earlier decision. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr29cat06.html
2008-2009 Under the auspices on the Lambeth-Jewish group, a small group of members of the Church of England and members of the British Jewish community the resource Children of Zion was produced, written by Daniel Langton. This is a substantial booklet which seeks to help readers, both Christian and Jewish, understand terminology and a number of key issues in relation to the Holy Land, Israel/Palestine. The booklet is now available as a (2Mb)
The Anglican Church of Canada
Official statements and documents of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod
Statements by the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
http://www.anglican.ca/primate/communications/2006-04-07-address.htm
The Episcopal Church in the USA
The following resolutions relating to Israel/Palestine have been passed by the ECUSA General Convention
In 2000
http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2000-B016
And in 2003
http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2003-D008
http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2003-D081
The following report of the Social Responsibility in Investments Committee of the Executive Council was issued on 3 October 2005.