After more than a year-and-a-half of death and destruction, "the moment we now find ourselves in is terrifying." The people of Gaza are "the first victims" of a merciless war. Even those who raise their voices to denounce the brutality of the violence suffered by Palestinians in Gaza now are left "feeling hopeless, paralyzed by despair and unable to help. Exhausted!" And yet, one must continue to try to "cast the nets," as the Apostles did according to the Gospel of John, after spending the whole night without catching anything. This is the exhortation of the members of the ecumenical group "A Jerusalem Voice for Justice," in a new appeal released on the occasion of the Solemnity of Pentecost. As Christians of the Holy Land, they once again sound the alarm "about the recent unprecedented escalation in the Israeli war on Gaza," and invite everyone to be filled "with the energy of the resurrection and of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost" to continue "fighting for life and freedom for our brothers and sisters in Gaza and everywhere else in Palestine/Israel."

In its message, the ecumenical group once again denounces that "in the past weeks, the situation has progressively deteriorated: in addition to the close to 55 000 dead and over 120 000 wounded, starvation and famine are being experienced (the UN recently identified 10 000 new cases of malnutrition). Hospitals and other civilian facilities are almost completely shut down."

The distribution of humanitarian aid is also under Israeli control and is managed exclusively by a US supported agency, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). According to a statement released by “A Jerusalem Voice for Justice,” on May 16, GHF Executive Director Jake Woods “declared that he refused to “be part of anything that forcibly dislocates or displaces the Palestinian population.” On May 25, 2025, he resigned after calling for Israel to allow in aid through all possible channels.

The current system of aid distribution, marked by difficulties in reaching the distribution points and the continued killings of Gazans making their way to these points raise, according to the ecumenical group, “the likelihood that the GHF is a cover for Israeli military operations.” The United Nations and numerous international NGOs, the document also states, “have recognized that this “distribution of aid” is an escalation of the war. They know full well that to participate in such “distribution” would mean being complicit in using food assistance as part of a war strategy, explicitly prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.”

The ecumenical reflection group "A Jerusalem Voice for Justice," which emerged spontaneously in response to the new outbreak of violence and terror in the Holy Land, aims to share and offer insights into the facts and processes that touch and torment the lives of peoples in the land of Jesus. Its members include His Beatitude Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah; His Grace Lutheran Bishop of the Holy Land Munib Younan; His Excellency Greek Orthodox Bishop Attallah Hanna; coordinator of the Sabeel Ecumenical Center Sawsan Bitar; Palestinian theologian John Munayer; Jesuit Father David Neuhaus; and Father Frans Bouwen of the Missionaries of Africa.