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20 September 2016, Coatbridge, Scotland: Isabel Apawo Phiri gave keynote at the World Council of Churches consultation on spirituality, worship and mission - Searching for ecumenical spirituality of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. The consultation was convened by the World Council of Chuches, at the Conforti Institute in Coatbridge, Scotland.

World Council of Churches intervenes on behalf of Palestinian hunger strikers

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In Israel, about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners are beginning their second month on a diet of salt and water.

Their most famous leader, Marwan Barghouti, has lost 13 kilograms in four weeks, despite allegedly breaking his fast

The Israeli Medical Association has come out against force-feeding the hunger strikers.

Now the World Council of Churches has intervened on behalf of the prisoners. But its access has been blocked because some of its member churches support boycotts of Israeli products.

Listen to Peter Prove, spokesman for the World Council of Churches, on the ABC Religion and Ethics Report.