PYEM is a voluntary gathering of Palestinian Christian youth, working under the umbrella of the YMCA-YWCA Joint Advocacy Initiative, and does not substitute or compete with any of the Christian youth organizations/groups working in Palestine.
The gathering works, primarily, on fulfilling the Christian vision and activating the Palestinian Christian community' national role in the Palestinian society and cause, towards achieving peace with justice and building a democratic pluralistic society, dominated by the principles of social justice and the respect human rights and dignity.
Working with the Christian youths, and the various Christian youth groups, to unite visions, enhance ecumenism, and support the religious, social, and cultural local programs, based on the general Christian, humanitarian, and national principles, to develop the Palestinian Christian' national role in serving the Church, the homeland and human being.
Activating and strengthening the role of Palestinian Christian youth in the service of man kind, the Church, the society, and the Palestinian cause.
"And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6: 8)
The Palestine Youth Ecumenical Movement views with deep concerns the Israeli unilateral plan to annex parts of the West Bank as declared by the Israeli coalition government starting July 1st.
The new Israeli coalition government - formed by right-wing parties - will allow Benjamin Netanyahu to proceed with annexing most of Israeli settlements and other parts of the West Bank including the Jordan Valley in violation of International Law. This act is seen as a recipe for more violence and building clear road to systematic oppression and discrimination in Mandate Palestine. It does end any hope for a political solution to the Palestinian oppression.
Thus, we at the Palestine Youth Ecumenical Movement reaffirm that:
The Palestine Youth Ecumenical Movement, reaffirms the call of the WSCF Policy Paper on Palestine passed in the GA in March 2015 and emphasizes on the following: