Where PJN Stands
A review of ‘Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism’, a new resource from IPMN
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One of the most fundamental misunderstandings about the struggle between the Palestinians and Israel over which people has rights to the small parcel of land that many of us call the Holy Land, lying between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, is that the struggle is of little geopolitical importance. …
Voices for Justice: EPF PJN Member Ann Coburn Writes About A Witness Visit
Voices for Justice: EPF PJN Member Writes About A Sabeel Witness Visit
Last month a group of 12 people from 6 countries went on a Sabeel witness pilgrimage. The focus was the Forgotten Faithful, Christians living in Palestine today, seen through the lens of Palestinian liberation theology. Led…
Marching and Standing for and with Gaza
Many places around the world have been standing with the people of Gaza. EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel of San Antonio TX tells us about the rally there on 13 April.
4 PM, April 13, 2018 in San Antonio. Midnight in Gaza where most of those demonstrating in the Great March of Return have gone home, while…
In Israel/Palestine Christian Zionism fills Episcopal Church’s Silence
EPF PIN member Cliff Cutler, Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, reflects on Trump’s decision declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital.
Just one month after a resolution to educate about peace in Israel/Palestine was not permitted to reach the Convention floor of the Diocese…
EPF PJN Joins Allies and Colleagues in Celebrating the Nomination of the BDS National Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize
We share the nomination statement.
Statement by Norwegian Parliamentarian Bjørnar Moxnes on Nominating the BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights for a Nobel Peace Prize:
As a member of the Norwegian parliament, I proudly use my authority as an elected official to nominate the Boycott, Divestment and…
Voices for Justice: Hebron District, West Bank Special Report 2017
Abdulhadi Hantash, land surveyor and cartographer for the Palestinian Authority, is a colleague and friend of the editor. He circulates this report of the effects of the Israeli Occupation in the Hebron District (West Bank) of Palestine during 2017. While we took in reports of these things with dates…
Through the lens of human rights in our work for justice: A sermon from Dick Toll
EPF PIN member Dick Toll preached this sermon on Advent 2, 10 December 2017.
We are experiencing Advent….the preparation for the coming of Jesus. We hear from John the Baptist during the time when the Roman empire was causing great unrest, torture, killing, and brutality to the people who lived throughout…
Voices for Justice: Speaking Out for Jerusalem 14 December 2017
Last week’s announcement in which the US declared Jerusalem Israel’s capital and Trump declared the embassy would be moved to Jerusalem in the future, has generated much writing and many public witnesses. EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel attended a rally in San Antonio TX where he heard Moureen Kaki speak…
Palestine Resolutions Passed in 2017 at Diocesan Conventions – California, Chicago and Maine
As we prepare for General Convention 2018, we share three resolutions on Palestine passed at diocesan conventions this year.
California: 27-28 October 2017
A JUST PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND
Resolved, That, in light of the Diocese’s 2014 advocacy of economic pressure as a means of ending Israel’s now…
EPF PJN INTRODUCES THE PALESTINE-JUSTICE EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Justice Network (EPF PJN) announces a new educational resource. The Holy Land where Jesus lived today comprises the state of Israel and the Palestinian territories, and is the site of the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict”. This region is often in the headlines,…
Voices for Justice: A Word from the West Bank
In 2014 EPF PIN member Jo Bronson shared a report from Usama Nicola of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem. Jo is back on the ground and we share this update from her:
I am Jo Bronson and currently teaching at the Episcopal Technological Vocational Training Center (ETVTC)…
Resilience and Hope in the South Hebron Hills
Editor’s note: Michael Kurth sits on EPF’s National Executive Council and convenes the Young Adult Network. He’s a seminarian and traveled to Israel/Palestine in March with a group of EPF PJN members and friends. He reflects on his time on the ground.
In moments of summer solitude and sanctuary…
How might mustard seeds, yeast and treasure lead to costly discipleship for Palestine?
Our friend and colleague Dick Toll preached on 30 July at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Portland OR. We invite you to consider how working towards the kingdom of God as Dick sets out in his sermon might move us towards that more costly discipleship as we work for justice.
Sermon, July 30th, Gospel…
EPF PJN stands with colleagues denied entry to Israel, calls on Episcopalians to seek justice for all people
The Palestine Justice Network (PJN) of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship decries the undemocratic act of the government of Israel on July 24 in barring entry to Israel by five Americans. We join interfaith partners in this condemnation, including Jewish Voice for Peace and the Israel/Palestine Mission Network…
“Don’t call it a conflict.”
Kevin Antonio Smallwood is a seminarian at The School of Theology at Sewanee, T’19. He traveled to Palestine/Israel earlier this year with EPF PIN members and friends. He reflects on his time on the ground.
It has been about fifteen weeks since my time in the Holy Land and while the days have passed…