Last week, EPF PIN issued a statement condemning the decision taken by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, which libelously labeled six Palestinian human rights NGOs as "terrorist organizations." You can read the statement on our website or view an expanded version with additional background information, published by the Episcopal New Service. Three of the six organizations have […]
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network (EPF PIN) condemns the Israel Defense Ministry's October 22 designation of six Palestinian human rights organizations as "terror organizations". EPF PIN is very familiar with the six organizations: Al Haq is dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights and the rule of law Addameer is a prisoner support and human […]
Remembering Sabra and Shatila 16-18 September 1982 This Litany uses the traditional form of a corporate prayer for the dead, such as might be found in the Book of Common Prayer. Thanks to Randy Heyn-Lamb for raising up a commemoration of this horrific event in prayer. Beginning on the evening of September 16th, 1982, […]
Thanks to EPF PIN member Randy Heyn-Lamb for this update. Last week we reported the release on bail of Layan Nasir, a Birzeit University student arrested in July for her alleged role in a student group banned by the Israeli Occupation Army. Layan's story was published in Mondoweiss by her priest, Fr. Fadi Diab, at […]
Seeking Truth and Justice in Palestine/Israel You are invited to a series of talks in-person and live-streamed hosted by St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church 1424 N. Dearborn Pkwy., Chicago 60610. (Street and garage parking in vicinity) Thursday evenings, September 30, October 14 and 28, and November 4, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm CT Events in May […]
Twenty-one year old Palestinian student Layan Nasir, who had been planning to continue her 4th year of Nutrition studies at Birzeit University in the fall, slept in her own bed last Thursday night for the first time since seven Israeli soldiers raided her family home in the early morning hours of 7 July. Layan is […]
On July 19, the Board of Directors of Ben & Jerry’s issued a statement informing the world that it would no longer allow its “peace & love” ice cream to be sold and catered in illegal, Jewish-only settlements in occupied Palestine. To continue to do so, it asserted, would be “inconsistent” with the company’s social […]
EPF PIN is distressed to learn that the Epsicopal Diocese of Atlanta is co-sponsoring, and that Bishop Robert Wright of Atlanta is planning to attend an Interfaith Prayer Breakfast scheduled for this Wednesday, August 4th at the Chapelhill (AOG) Church. The scheduled presentation is on the Abraham Accords, the Trump-era plan to normalize relations between the […]
Colleague Judith Norman, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace - San Antonio and a Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University, offers this reflection on solidarity with Gaza and a challenge as we in the Episcopal Church prepare for our General Convention in 2022. I want to think a bit about what solidarity means and […]
Sheikh Jarrah. Jerusalem Day. Al Aqsa under attack. Rockets from Gaza into Israel. Air strikes on Gaza by Israel. Civilians killed and injured. Nakba Day is near. There are those who describe these events as examples of the ongoing Nakba. Today we offer a focus on Jerusalem and what it means to members of the […]
This pandemic has shone a harsh light on the glaring economic and public health inequities in U.S. society. Similarly, the trial of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, with its focus on the brutal technique that killed George Floyd, has revealed for an international public the links between oppression of black and brown communities here and Israeli […]
The month of March has been a difficult one for communicating the needs of Palestinian justice. It has seen the challenge of suppression and most recently appropriation. On March 18, the California State Board of Education approved an Ethnic Studies curriculum whose Arab American studies module was revised to exclude any mention of the Boycott, […]
