LONDON: The most senior cleric in the Church of England has called for end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine during a pilgrimage to the region. Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally issued a joint statement with Hosam Naoum, the Anglican archbishop of Jerusalem, after meeting with Palestinian victims of Jewish settler attacks.

Dame Sarah Mullally, head of the Church of England, made the comments in the Palestinian Christian town of Birzeit

The people of this land do not need the global church to save them. They need it to stand with them, truthfully and consistently