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 […]
February 23rd leaders of the EPF Palestine Israel Network (Rev. Cotton Fite, Bishop Cabell Tennis, Mr. Tom Trueblood, The Rev. Bob Tobin) met with Bishop Suheil Dawani in his office in Jerusalem. He gave the delegation a thorough update on his legal situation and told them that he had just filed an administrative petition in […]
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 […]
