Thanks to Jan Benvie, APF secretary, for this introduction. The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship (APF) was established in 1937, and EPF in the USA is our sister organisation. However, like many organisations, we find that only a small number of members are active, and in an attempt to promote involvement, we established a few working groups […]
Harry Gunkel offers some suggestions on raising the Palestinian situation – go to the movies. Part of our Mission in EPF PJN is to “support…entities striving to preserve…cultural heritage for Palestinians.” Just now, when political pathways have been effectively blocked by the US-Israel axis, devoting some of our energies and efforts to cultural engagement provides us with ways […]
Thanks to EPF PJN member Steve France for his reporting. 9 July 2026 For the third year in a row, activists with Interfaith Action for Palestine (IAP) directly challenged the largest Christian Zionist organization in the country in its signature massive gathering in Washington to lobby Congress to support Israel in its Gaza genocide and […]
By Joyce Penfield 11 June 2026 The Israeli occupation prison system is exclusively for Palestinians and governed totally by Israeli military law and rule. The courts—including the prosecutor and judge—are also military run. Consequently, the conviction rate for Palestinians who are charged with anything is about 99.7 per cent. One-third of the 9,500 children, women, and […]
Steve France, a PJN representative at the Summit, wrote this report for PJN on the Go, published May 14, 2026: “I can say that this was the most energized and inspiring [Washington] Summit that I have experienced during my time at CMEP,” Kyle Cristafalo, director of advocacy and government relations of Churches for Middle East Peace, […]
9 April 2026 Melissa Yarbray shared her vision on 4/9/26. My commitment to addressing Palestinian suffering began over 50 years ago while studying at the American University of Beirut (1969–70). There, I heard firsthand accounts from Palestinians about the torture and trauma their families endured—displacement, loss of homes and livelihoods, and violence during 1948 and 1967. […]
The Rev. Cliff Cutler, EPF-PJN, has released this statement on 3/6/26: “Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide” is the subject of a joint Episcopal-Lutheran Justice Network Webinar to be held on Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. Eastern time. To register and receive the Zoom invitation, please email: […]
The Reverend Canon Brian J. Grieves, 7 March 2026: Palestinian Christians have been my teachers for over the last 30 years. I’ve also learned from courageous Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims. But the Christians are family. Listen to their voices, to their demands for justice, and even sometimes their anger at the worldwide Church. Why […]
A Voice from the Ground Standing in Solidarity The Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)-Sabeel “Solidarity Trip with Palestinian Civil Society” (November 26-December 6) was a pilgrimage for human rights – an opportunity to demonstrate support for Palestinian human rights and social service agencies that have in recent years been targeted for intensifying repression by […]
A Review of 2022: An EPF PIN Reflection Palestinians speak of sumud (صمود): steadfastness, perseverance. It was sumud that guided the Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network (PIN) through 2022, an eventful year that was by turns unpredictable; full of growth, renewal, and achievement; and disappointing and heartbreaking. As the year began, PIN along with […]
Many of you already know that 16 year-old Shadi Khoury was allowed to return home under house arrest after 41 days of “Administrative Detention”, first in Jerusalem’s infamous Moskobiya Interrogation Center, and later in Damon Prison east of Haifa. Two other boys arrested and seen in court at the same time were similarly released, but […]
The Seraj Library Project was founded by Laurie Salemeh in 2006. Laurie grew up in the Chicago area and while studying in a Master’s program at North Park University met Estephan who grew up in Jifna, a Palestinian village in the West Bank. When they moved to Palestine in 2006 they established the first Seraj […]