The delegation is wrapping up its time in Palestine/Israel. Here are some reflections from two members of the group. Look for more after their return to the US. Arrival: I lived in Ramallah for three years and it feels wonderful to be "home". Everything seems much the same. But that is not a good thing […]
**We invite Episcopalians to click on the widget below to Sign our Petition** [emailpetition id="2"] Full text of the petition: During the Christmas just past, most of us will have sung: “Oh, little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie” or “o come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem” But Bethlehem has not […]
EPF PIN members and long-time workers with Sabeel Maurine and Bob Tobin, recently spent a day in Gaza. Here is their report. Having read countless reports and viewed endless photos and YouTube videos, we thought we were prepared for what we would see on our visit to Gaza in early December 2014. But the reality […]
EPF PIN member Lynn Huber was part of a Compassionate Listening delegation to Palestine/Israel earlier this year. She continues reflecting on what she experienced through current events on the ground. Today I read an article in Time Magazine by Joe Klein entitled “Burned Books in the Holy Land: Jewish and Arab parents watch as […]
Kairos Palestine, the initiative that sprang up out of the inspirational Kairos Palestine Document of 2009, has issued its annual "Christmas Alert.” The introduction to the Alert offers an invitation for Christians and people everywhere to get involved in five specific ways: With this Christmas Alert, we are asking you to turn the tide by […]
The Diocese of Oregon considered and passed this resolution on divestment at their diocesan convention the weekend of 14 November 2014: Resolution IV: Substitute Resolution in Support of Palestinian Human Rights RESOLVED, that the Diocese of Oregon reaffirm its call first issued at the 123rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon to its churches […]
Warren Wong sent this prayer and says, "This was the prayer offered by Scott Pomerenk, chaplain for California's General Convention deputation. Many felt this help set the tone and open hearts during our deliberation and vote last month." Lord, your servants Abraham and Sarah showed hospitality to your messengers in the desert. May we be […]
EPF PIN member Maurine Tobin of Maine writes about Breaking A Generation - The Israeli Occupation: Its Damage to Palestinian Children, Its Cost to Israeli Children Sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America and Tree of Life Educational Fund, this powerful conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 1 addressed from many angles the trauma inflicted […]
The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii held its diocesan convention 24-25 October 2014 at which they considered a resolution one of whose resolves stated: recognizing our Church’s investments in certain companies may be supporting the infrastructure of the Occupation, we embrace Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s observation that the powerful will only come to the negotiating table if […]
October 2014 In a Middle East region that continues to suffer from the consequences of violence, the people of Palestine continue to live under occupation and in exile. Palestinian Christians, the descendants of the first Christians, are an integral part of the Palestinian people, continue to suffer, just like our Palestinian Muslim and Samaritan brothers […]
Zionism Unsettled: A Congregational Study Guide: An Invitation to Read and Study Members of the EPF PIN education work group recently spent five months reviewing the congregational study guide Zionism Unsettled, published by the Presbyterians’ Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN). Through biweekly conference calls, the group held lengthy discussions of its content, the controversy surrounding […]
October 2014 Seven weeks of war between Israel and Hamas has left Gaza in ruins. “The scale of damage…is unprecedented since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967,” according to a UN report, which continues, “All governorates in Gaza witnessed extensive aerial bombardment, naval shelling and artillery fire, resulting in the widespread loss […]
