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Open Letter from The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) to the World Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Movement

June 13, 2017/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

Open Letter from The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) to the World Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Movement Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. (Isa. 1:17) Background As we meet this month in Bethlehem in occupied Palestine, we are still suffering from 100 years of injustice and oppression […]

Voices for Justice: An early morning in March in Gaza

May 8, 2017/2 Comments/in Uncategorized/by Tom Foster

EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel writes about his time in Gaza earlier this year. An early morning in March in Gaza. At the end of my three-day visit there, I am on my way to the checkpoint to return to Jerusalem. The streets are strangely, unusually quiet. It is Friday, prayer day, everything is closed, […]

Statement of Support for BDS Leader Omar Barghouti

April 18, 2017/1 Comment/in News/by Tom Foster

As the fiftieth anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem nears, the Israeli government has intensified its efforts to criminalize the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement – BDS – which seeks, through non-violent economic pressure, to bring about a peaceful end to the occupation. In recent weeks, for example, it has […]

Voices for Justice: EPF PJN Member Kathy Christison on the Ground in Palestine

April 10, 2017/2 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

I once listened to a priest preach on searching for God by likening this to the search for a restaurant in an unfamiliar city: when you’re looking for a restaurant, you tend to see restaurants everywhere; if you intentionally look for God, you will see God everywhere. On this my tenth trip to Palestine (from […]

An Update from EPF in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine

April 4, 2017/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

Editor’s Note: On 18 February Maurine and Bob Tobin were able to deliver funds that their last group, sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Maine and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Maine, designated for the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center in Ramallah. Here’s their report: Visiting with Giovanni Anbar, Director of the Episcopal Technological […]

How Long Oh Lord? The Cry of the Psalmist

March 22, 2017/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

How long oh Lord? The cry of the psalmist. A 2002 book edited by Maurine and Bob Tobin asked ‘How Long O Lord?’ A compilation of Christian, Jewish and Muslim voices from the ground, the voices cried out then in ways similar to Dick Toll’s cry in this reflection. The EPF PIN member and long […]

Voices for Justice: Kathy Evans fleshes out a grant working in youth ministry in Palestine Summer 2016

March 6, 2017/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

A sense of urgency came over me when I learned that my husband Boyd and I (Boyd convenes the education work group of EPF’s Palestine Justice Network) were awarded a grant to work in youth ministry in Israel and the West Bank. My mission was to work in summer camps for children in the region, […]

Bishop’s Committee for Israel/Palestine of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia

March 1, 2017/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

Periodically we lift up work being done at the grassroots. This week, it’s the Bishop’s Committee for Israel/Palestine of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. Thanks to our friend and colleague Cabby Tennis for connecting us with this committee. From their website: “The Bishop’s Committee for Israel/Palestine is a special committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. We […]

Promote PJN: Join the Campaign – Support PJN’s Work for Peace with Justice in Palestine

November 3, 2016/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

Greetings in the name of the Prince of Peace from EPF’s Palestine Justice Network. PJN has heard the challenge of our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to stake our lives on the Jesus Movement. The Movement invites us to strive for justice and peace among all people, respecting the dignity of every human being. To meet […]

An update from the Diocese of California on Palestine resolutions for 2016

October 24, 2016/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

From the Diocese of California’s annual convention weekend before last, Vicki Gray reports that “With near unanimity, they passed four resolutions placing the diocese on those front lines with regard to the death penalty, gun violence, legal threats against BDS proponents, and support for Native Americans at Standing Rock.” We report here on the resolution concerning […]

Voices for Justice On the Ground in Palestine: Coexistence or Normalization?

October 10, 2016/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

Editor’s Note: Fayrouz Sharqawi is the Local Mobilization Coordinator at Grassroots Jerusalem, a Palestinian organization amplifying Palestinian voices from Jerusalem in order to help create a Palestinian long-term strategy for the Palestinian capital. Coexistence of Normalization? Around ten years ago, when I was a student at the university, I needed to take part time jobs […]

EPF PJN Mission Statement Coming Out of Our Leadership Retreat February 2016

October 3, 2016/0 Comments/in News/by Tom Foster

To establish a network dedicated to a more robust Episcopal Church witness for justice and peace for our Palestinian and Israeli brothers and sisters for the purposes of responding to • The promise made in our baptismal covenant to “ … strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human […]