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• Children’s art for peace in Quaker central offices

  4 March 2026

  Eighty years after the Korean peninsula was divided by war, an exhibition of drawings by children on both sides of the divide is on show in Quaker central offices, London.

• UK should work for peace not war in the Middle East, Quakers say

  2 March 2026

  Quakers in Britain have called on the UK government to focus on building a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

• Quakers nominate Concordis International for Nobel Peace Prize

  24 February 2026

  Quakers in Britain and the United States of America have nominated Concordis International for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising two decades of community-led peacebuilding.

• Shadi Khoury faces months in Israeli military prison

  17 February 2026

  A former Ramallah Friends School student has been sentenced by an Israeli military court to 32 months in prison and a 12,000-shekel fine.

• Palestine Action proscription unlawful

  13 February 2026

  Quakers in Britain welcomes the High Court's recognition that the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act was unlawful. We call for the immediate lifting of the proscription order which remains in place.

• Quakers bring reparations conversation into Parliament amid growing debate

  11 February 2026

  As debates about Britain's history, race, and responsibility continue to surface, Quakers in Britain co-hosted a discussion in Parliament exploring what reparations might mean in practice.

• Peace campaigners protest arms fair at Birmingham NEC

  5 February 2026

  Quakers joined other peace campaigners in two days of protest to draw attention to a controversial arms fair hosted by Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

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