Editor’s Note: Desmond Tutu’s ‘My plea to the people of Israel: Liberate yourselves by liberating Palestine’ published in Haaretz on 14 August 2014 prompted David Good to reflect on the work of the Tree of Life Educational Fund for which he serves as chair of the Board of Directors. This article reminds me of […]
Editor’s note: On 26 August news of an open-ended ceasefire erupted. Earlier in the week, EPF PIN member Peggy Bronson shared an update from Usama Nicola, Citizens’ Diplomacy Project Coordinator at Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem, and Usama graciously consented to share it with the PIN community. Many of you have likely […]
The Protest (really a mobile vigil) Against Violence in Palestine started slowly as you would expect during the dog days of August. We milled around at the Barclays Center Sports-Big Event complex waiting for the go-ahead at 4 PM. That loitering was put to good use since we made new friends, entertained a sampling of […]
On Wednesday 16 July, I was one of five people entering Boeing headquarters in Chicago at five that afternoon to conduct an act of civil disobedience. Why Boeing and why civil disobedience? For the past two years the Anti-War Committee – Chicago has been going after Boeing for their role as the second largest arms […]
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The frightening aerial war being waged by Israel against Gaza brings many recriminations and much finger pointing. Who started this? What incident set it off? The kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank? Or the earlier murders of two Palestinian teens involving […]
Editor’s note: Harry Gunkel, EPF PIN member and a convener for its education work group, reflects. Harry served as a missioner with The Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and taught at BU Nursing College in Qubeiba, spending extended periods of time on the ground in Palestine/Israel. Those of us who follow […]
A word from Archbishop Tutu: As the Presbyterian General Assembly gathers for its biennial meeting I reach out in prayer and solidarity that the Assembly will make a strong witness for reconciliation, justice and peace. I am aware that the Assembly will consider two overtures on the confounding and intractable conflict in Israel and Palestine, […]
A reflection by Tina Whitehead Easter Monday. A day to reflect on the happenings of the past week. Still such a privilege to be here in Jerusalem at such a sacred time. And this year Holy Week was even more intense and meaningful as it was the time of not just our Western Easter, […]
Editor’s note: We begin a recurring series featuring reflections from EPF PIN members, friends and colleagues coming out of their experiences on the ground in Palestine. Here are three. . . Adapted from a sermon preached by the Rev’d Canon Richard Toll, Advent 2013 At the time of John the Baptist, the region which we […]
Editor’s note: David Andrews is the Rector of Saints Andrew and Matthew in Wilmington DE. We met on a course at St. George’s College in Jerusalem and have run into each other at the 2006 and 2012 General Conventions. He recently returned from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and wrote this reflection for his […]
Editor’s Note: Religion News Service published an article on 14 March recounting the experience of a Palestinian Christian who is an Israeli Border Police officer in the South Hebron Hills. You can find it here.Based on my experiences in the Hebron District and my work and friendships in the Palestinian Christian community, I sought feedback […]
Negotiations about negotiations When Secretary of State John Kerry began his peace initiative last summer with a goal to reach a final agreement on the two state solution by April, 2014, many informed observers were skeptical, including many members of the Palestine Justice Network. With April now approaching Secretary Kerry has moved the goal posts […]