Just as well that Obama had no details on Middle East peace By Nadia Hijab - 05/19/11 04:04 PM ET The Palestinian-Israeli conflict – temporarily pushed off the front pages by the killing of Osama bin Laden – is squarely back in the news as the Obama administration and Israel try to set the agenda […]
May 16, 2011 The Honorable Barack H. Obama President of the United States The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, As an American who is deeply concerned about the continued lack of a just peace in Palestine and Israel, I write today to ask that you do two things: 1. In your expected […]
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine-Israel Network April 15, 2011 The Honorable Michael Oren Israeli Ambassador to the US 3514 International Way, NW Washington, DC 20008 Dear Ambassador Oren: The Palestine-Israel Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship was created to promote a just and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. As its convener, I speak for […]
Cabell Tennis recently returned from the 2011 Sabeel International Conference in Bethlehem. With words and images from a variety of sources Cabby composed a snapshot of the two narratives, Israeli and Palestinian, and an occupation which has been continuous for 63 years. It's a great introduction for friends new to the situation and a vivid […]
Roy Hayes suggested this U Tube video of an interview with Uri Avnery for the PIN website. For those unfamiliar with Avnery, he is the Irgun veteran turned Israeli peace activist and the founder of Gush Shalom. Avnery served in the Knesset from 1965 - 1974 and 1979 - 1981. He is famous for crossing […]
Motti Fogel is a most unusual man. He is the older brother of Udi Fogel, the Jewish settler murdered with his wife and three children in Itamar on the night of a Jewish Sabbath in early March. Itamar is a religious settlement in the northern West Bank near Nablus. Motti doesn’t live there; he lives […]
We were all shocked at the brutal deaths of the Fogel family in the West Bank settlement of Itamar near Nablus. I was shocked as well at the exploitation of that violence by Mr. Netanyahu and the Israeli government. That tragedy became an excuse to step up the pace of construction in the West Bank […]
A list of resources Below are a few of the many excellent sources for in depth learning and action in the cause of peace in the Mid East. Try them all to find your fit. http://epfnational.org/ The home of Episcopalians who are committed to work for peace. https://epfpjn.org/ The network of Episcopalians, who are committed […]
Saddiye and Jamal Miqbel are the proud and protective parents of five lovely children living in Beit Ommar, a village just north of Hebron. Beit Ommar is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements which have slowly, and sometimes not so slowly, confiscated the village's land, destroyed their crops and attacked their people. Jamal is the founder […]
Sometime toward the end of January my friend Ahmad (not his real name) sent me a distressing message that the IDF had surrounded the homes of his parents, grandparents and in-laws at 2 AM, seeking his two oldest boys, Ashraf -15 - and Nabil - 13 - (again, not their real names). At one of […]
At about the same time U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice was issuing our veto in the Security Council to the resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, I was leaving Newark's International Airport for Israel’s Ben Gurion. I came here in part to visit Israeli and Palestinian friends who devote their lives […]
