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The following is an excerpt from a book to be published by Palestinian Christian Samia Khoury.
...what drew a lot of attention and controversy was the letter sent to the Congress on October 5, 2012 by 15 prominent American Christian leaders. “As Christian leaders in the United States, it is our…
2012 Diocese of Maine Resolution re Palestine/Israel Peace
RESOLUTION FOR DIOCESE OF MAINE CONVENTION
RESOLUTION PROPOSAL: Palestinian/Israeli Peace
SUBMITTED BY: Episcopal Peace Fellowship – Maine Chapter
CONTACT: Maurine Tobin
Resolved, that the 193rd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, acknowledging the Church’s regret at the…
Jimmy Carter Backs Church Letter on Israel
Demand To Review Aid Has Roiled Jewish Relations
Former President Jimmy Carter commended a letter from Christian leaders to Congress calling for an investigation of Israel for human rights violations that could lead to a suspension of military aid.
“Like these church leaders, The Carter Center has…
Samia Khoury to Anglican and Lutheran Bishops
Dear Bishops:
I thought this would interest you regarding the letter that was signed by the 15 Christian leaders to the Congress. They are indeed to be commended on this initiative. While the Lutheran Presiding Bishop has signed it, it is surprising to note that Episcopal Presiding Bishop did not. "Not…
Rabbi Brian Walt in Haaretz
Christian leaders cannot be cowed into silence over Israel's abuses of human rights
Eric Yoffie's criticism of the Protestant churches' letter to Congress is misplaced: The price of 'interfaith dialogue' cannot be silenced by Christian leaders on Israel’s human rights violations, evidence of which…
An Open Letter to the Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori
An Open Letter to the Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori
From the Palestine Justice Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Dear Bishop Katharine:
We write as fellow Episcopalians who share your deep interest in “a just and peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict” as stated in…
To the IDF Soldiers at Sabra and Shatila
To the IDF soldiers who were at Sabra and Shatila,
September 2012 will mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. In 1982, the first day of Rosh Hashanah coincided with the final hours of that horrific event. This year, the first day of the Jewish New…
Jewish Voice for Peace Support for Sabeel
A Statement of Support for Sabeel
As rabbis and people of faith, we stand in solidarity with the work of Sabeel.
Palestinian Christian liberation theologians such as Canon Naim Ateek of Sabeel challenge Jews and Christians to rethink our relationship to the Holy Land and each other on the basis of a…
Thanks from Friends of Sabeel, Albuquerque
September 6, 2012
Dear Sabeel Conference Endorser,
The Friends of Sabeel, Albuquerque, want to thank you for your sponsorship of this important conference. We are grateful for your commitment to the goals of the conference, which are to bring together people of many faiths, perspectives and experiences…
Powerful Testimony at General Convention
Brian J. Grieves
All ten dioceses that considered this resolution adopted it. We believe we have this broad grassroots support because it is a thoughtful and even modest resolution. We deliberately wanted a resolution that would unify the Convention while, at the same time, recognize that our Church…
Palestinian Voices: Timely Messages
Message from Said Aïlabouni
I was the lucky one in my family because I was born in 1950, two years after it all happened.
In 1948, my family lost everything they owned (homes, possessions, property) and ended up being internally displaced from Tiberias to Nazareth, where I was later born.
The family…
Peter Beinart’s Crisis
Judith Leder has done us the enormous favor of reviewing and summarizing Peter Beinart's important work, The Crisis of Zionism. There are so many books to be read on many of our lists that this summary may either convince you to read the book or lead you to think you have gotten the the essence from…
To Whom Do We Listen?
To whom do we listen?
A reflection on divestment in South Africa and in Palestine
by Leon Spencer
To whom do we listen? That was a critical ethical question when the anti-apartheid movement within South Africa, including church leadership, called for economic sanctions and divestment. It is a critical…
A Letter from Laura
This week the Palestinian community and those who stand in solidarity with them commemorate the Nakhba -- the Catastrophe -- when 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes in Palestine.
Edward Said spoke eloquently that the Palestinian community’s permission to narrate their own…
An Open Letter to Bishop Schori
An Open Letter to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
3 April 2012
Dear Bishop Schori,
Greetings from Jerusalem on this holy week in which we remember the passion and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Your words at the March 25th Los Angeles luncheon in which you emphatically said, invest…