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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to Israeli occupation of Palestine

Sarah Mullally shovels earth around a sapling
The archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, plants an olive tree in the West Bank. Photograph: Andrea Krogmann/Andrea Krogmann/Lambeth Palace

The archbishop of Canterbury has called for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine after a pilgrimage in which she met Palestinians attacked by settlers and others detained without trial.

Sarah Mullally, the head of the Church of England, and Hosam Naoum, the Anglican archbishop of Jerusalem, issued a joint letter on Thursday urging Anglicans around the world to press politicians “to take all necessary measures to establish a credible path towards ending the occupation”.

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