{"id":7879,"date":"2026-03-16T10:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/?p=7879"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:31:43","slug":"middle-east-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presbyterian.ca\/pwsd\/middle-east-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7879\" class=\"elementor elementor-7879\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4d20d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4d20d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-108de846\" data-id=\"108de846\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30fcbae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30fcbae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since February 28, escalating military violence in the Middle East has been worsening and widening, with humanitarian needs rising rapidly:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 2,000 people have been killed, and more than 20,000 people are injured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nearly 4 million people are internally displaced. 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