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Sabeel is Hiring!
Mar
27
to Apr 12

Sabeel is Hiring!

Sabeel is Hiring!

International Marketing Consultant

Sabeel aims to engage an international marketing consultant to work closely with the project team in crafting effective communication strategies and promotional campaigns for East Jerusalem’s tourism sector. Click the link above to read the full terms of reference and information to apply!

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Speaking Truth, Seeking Justice: Stepping into the Whirlwind of Israel/Palestine - North Carolina
Apr
6

Speaking Truth, Seeking Justice: Stepping into the Whirlwind of Israel/Palestine - North Carolina

Speaking Truth, Seeking Justice: Stepping into the Whirlwind of Israel/Palestine

Community-Wide Conference - Binkley Baptist Church                    

Saturday, April 6 9:00am to 12:30 pm

The Conference will feature:

  • Plenary Address from renowned speaker, Jonathan Kuttab, Executive Director of Friends of Sabeel North America and international human rights lawyer

  • Breakout Sessions 

  • Panel of experts in the field and Question and Answer Session with Mr. Kuttab

The Conference is open and free to all, but registration is required.

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(Elon University) Is Peace Possible in Palestine/Israel?
Apr
8

(Elon University) Is Peace Possible in Palestine/Israel?

Is Peace Possible in Palestine/Israel?

April 8, 5:15 p.m.
McBride Gathering Room, Numen Lumen Pavilion

Elon University

Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and Nonviolence International. A well-known international human rights attorney, he practices law in the US, Palestine and Israel.

Pennington said the committee’s principal objective in developing these programs is to ensure that Elon students have ongoing opportunities throughout the semester to learn about this conflict and its many contexts.

“We hope that they hear from our speakers and faculty and engage with one another productively and respectively on issues that spark deep disagreement,” Pennington said. “Students can and should develop their own perspectives on these events, which will continue to shape their futures. Our job is to give them the tools to make sound, informed judgments. That’s what it means to be a global citizen.”

Additionally, Elon faculty and staff with expertise relevant to the current conflict will host regular lunchtime discussions at the long table in Lakeside Dining Hall throughout the semester. Students may sign up to join any of these conversations, which range across a variety of topics. Students interested in participating should email Brian Pennington at bpennington4@elon.edu to learn more about upcoming discussions and to sign up.

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Palestine: Is There a Role for Non-violent Action?
Mar
13

Palestine: Is There a Role for Non-violent Action?

Wed, Mar 13, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

15 King's College Circle- Paul Cadario Conference Centre

15 King's College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 3J3 Canada

Jonathan Kuttab was the head of the legal committee that negotiated the Cairo Agreement of 1994 between Israel and the PLO. He is the co-founder of several important organizations that are committed to human rights protection or non-violent action: the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq, Sabeel in Jerusalem and North America, and Non-violence International, with its headquarters in Philadelphia. He is also President of Holy Land Trust. He is the author of Beyond the Two-State Solution.

The event is located at the Paul Cadario Conference Centre. For detailed instructions on getting there, please visit:

https://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/frb-followup-workshop/getting_to_the_paul_cadario_conference_centre.pdf

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The Lenten Ceasefire Campaign Presents: A Political Education Primer: Christian Zionism, BDS, and the Pursuit of a Christ-Centered Response to Apartheid, Dispossession, and Genocide in the Holy Land
Mar
12

The Lenten Ceasefire Campaign Presents: A Political Education Primer: Christian Zionism, BDS, and the Pursuit of a Christ-Centered Response to Apartheid, Dispossession, and Genocide in the Holy Land

The Lenten Ceasefire Campaign Presents—

A Political Education Primer: Christian Zionism, B.D.S., and the Pursuit of a Christ-Centered Response to Apartheid, Dispossession, and Genocide in the Holy Land

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 @ 3:30-5:45 PM Pacific / 6:30-8:45 PM Eastern 

To Register: bit.ly/3V6qFhK 

Join the Lenten Ceasefire Campaign for an intensive evening of political education, self-examination, and conversation as we explore:

  1. The Immediate Context:

    1. What is the situation on the ground in Gaza and throughout Palestine? How did we get here? Are we bearing witness of Genocide in real time? 

  2. Christian Zionism: 

    1. What is it? How does it influence both American Christianity and American Policy? How is it impacting the situation on the ground in Gaza and throughout Palestine? And, what is a faithful, Christ-centered response to Christian Zionism?

  3. Palestinian Christians:

    1. How are Palestinian Christians responding to the crisis in Gaza and throughout Palestine? What message do they have for western Christians, and what responsibility does the Western church have for our Palestinian siblings? How might we amplify their message?

  4. Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions:

    1. What is B.D.S.? Why is economic and cultural activism important? Is B.D.S. a proper Christian response to the crisis in Palestine, particularly Gaza, and Israeli apartheid? How might communities of faith mobilize to make an impact for justice and peace?

Featuring:

Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison: Zeina serves as Director of Development and Expansion for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). Zeina is a Palestinian-American rights activist and community organizer with notable experience in the political arena, currently the only Arab American elected to a political party’s Central Committee in Virginia and has been heavily involved in policy and the election process at the state and national level for years.

Mimi Kirk: Mimi Kirk facilitates the Master of Arts in Arab Studies thesis workshop and the Arab Studies Certificate Capstone at Georgetown University. She is Program Manager at the Middle East Studies Association and a writer and editor with expertise in Palestine and US foreign policy toward Palestine/Israel. Mimi is currently the president of the board of Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU). She is an Editorial Consultant at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, having previously served as the organization's commissioning editor and managing director from 2016 to 2020.

Daniel Bannoura: Daniel Bannoura was born in Jerusalem and has lived both in Palestine and the US. A lecturer at Bethlehem Bible College, Daniel is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology from Notre Dame University. He has a special interest in Christian-Muslim relations but has long been involved with Kairos Palestine and Christ at the Checkpoint. In addition to his long track record of Palestine advocacy and education, Daniel is the founder of Ultimate Palestine.

Allison Tanner: Allison serves the National Organizer for the Apartheid-Free Communities Campaign with the American Friends Service Committee. In addition, Allison serves as Pastor of Public Witness at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, in Oakland, CA, and is the Palestine Advocacy Representative for the Alliance of Baptists.


About the organizers: 
This Political Education Primer is an initiative of the Christians for Ceasefire Coalition.

A broad coalition of national and local Christian organizations and nonviolent peacemakers have envisioned a Lenten Ceasefire Campaign rooted in the transforming power of Jesus’ way of active nonviolence. This Lenten campaign has arisen out of collaboration during months of creative nonviolent resistance action for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The policy goals are:

  • immediate, sustained bilateral ceasefire

  • demilitarization rather than sending weapons

  • release of all hostages and Palestinian prisoners held without due process

  • robust humanitarian assistance, including funding UNRWA, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees

  • end the siege on Gaza and end the occupation

  • a political process to address root causes, accountability of harm, and a lasting just peace


Theory of Change: The theory of change is that Jewish and Muslim leaders have organized mass demonstrations, prayers, and risk-taking. If Christians visibly appeal in mass through prayer and risk-taking to President Biden and members of Congress with Christian commitments, we may deepen and shift their sensitivity toward incentivizing de-escalating steps and a sustaining ceasefire that will save lives, create space for genuine accountability, and illuminate our sacred dignity. This will create better conditions for addressing the root causes and a sustainable just peace.

The organizations involved with this Lenten campaign acknowledge that both Hamas and Israel have committed horrible violence. We believe that the focus must shift to diplomacy, accountability mechanisms, and strategic nonviolent peacebuilding, and that neither war nor retribution is accountability. We believe urgent action is needed to stop the mass slaughter, destruction, and generational trauma.

  • Lenten Ceasefire Campaign Endorsements

  • Churches for Middle East Peace

  • Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces

  • Dorothy Day Catholic Worker

  • Festival Center

  • Franciscan Action Network

  • Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)

  • Georgetown University Medical Students for Palestine (GUMS4PAL)

  • Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

  • National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

  • National Council of Churches, USA

  • Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace

  • Pax Christi USA

  • Quixote Center

  • Sisters of Mercy of the Americas - Justice Team

  • Sojourners

  • United Church of Christ

  • Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)

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The Stones Cry Out
Mar
5
to Mar 6

The Stones Cry Out

Please join us in Washington D.C. this Wednesday, March 6th, as we gather with the Stones Cry Out Delegation as they return from Palestine. The Stones Cry Out Delegation is a group of 23 American church leaders and activists, including FOSNA board members Diane Dulin and Mary Segall, representing a dozen different Christian denominations turning witness into action.

We are meeting with Congressfolk and other officials in D.C. followed by a vigil outside of the White House at 12:00pm noon.

Lastly, we will be gathering for an interfaith service of Lament at Calvary Baptist Church Wednesday evening at 7:00pm. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib will be joining us among others.

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FCOP Presents - Struggle & Lament: Lenten Series
Feb
14
to Feb 27

FCOP Presents - Struggle & Lament: Lenten Series

Sign up to join us for our 2024 Lenten Worship Series with The Kairos Center’s Freedom Church of the Poor and numerous partners including: Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Black Christians for Palestine, Faith for Black Lives, National Council of Churches, The Dream Defenders SunDDay School, and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. We will be gathering online every Sunday at 6pm ET | 3pm PT via zoom and other social media platforms. Stay tuned for our welcome email with more information including zoom room details, resources, etc.

About the 2024 Lenten Worship Series: Our faith traditions and the Bible frequently lift up expressions of longing, mourning, even anger at the way things are. We lament that in the US over 700 people die every day due to poverty. That millions die every year from inadequate healthcare. That poor and people of color are disproportionately violated and degraded by the interrelated crises of pandemic, state sanctioned violence, war, storms and more.In the richest country in human history we have 140 million people who are poor or one emergency from economic ruin. And this year we lament and bare witness to the violence, death, and ongoing genocide of tens of thousands of people in Palestine - violence that is funded by the US and backed up by a twisted theology of dominance and supremacy. These are our people, our leaders, our families and we must mourn and wail. We must cry out to God for justice and demand #CeasefireNow.

Bible Study with Black Christians for Palestine

Wednesdays, February 14th - March 27th

3:00 PM PT | 5:00 PM CT | 6:00 PM ET

Sunday Service

Sundays, February 18th - March 31st

3:00 PM PT | 5:00 PM CT | 6:00 PM ET

Maundy Thursday, March 28th & Good Friday, March 29th

3:00 PM PT | 5:00 PM CT | 6:00 PM ET

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Just Peace Advocates: From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine Settler Colonialism is a Crime
Feb
3

Just Peace Advocates: From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine Settler Colonialism is a Crime

Almost four months into the war on Gaza, the International Court of Justice has directed Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, yet refrained from ordering a ceasefire. In December 2023, the Supreme Court of India rubber-stamped the government’s unilateral abrogation of Article 370, which previously afforded Kashmir a special status that included the right of self-determination. Discussions of the international rule of law, settler colonialism, and its violence have taken the center stage. At this dark moment in history, we must address the connections, parallels, and distinctions between Palestine and Kashmir, for as the Indigenous Peoples in North America remind us, the settler colonial project and genocide is ongoing.

 

The present situation demonstrates once again how legal apparatuses, be it UN outfits or Supreme Courts, fail to uphold justice currently and historically: affirming abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir, failing to prosecute illegal settlements and the breaking of treaties and documented land rights, refusal to prosecute genocide when it fits official legal definitions, not following up with charges when official human rights institutions (like OHCHR) document violations, not upholding the right of the occupied people to armed resistance against an occupier, and so on.

 

The roundtable addresses the legal frameworks providing parallels and distinctions between settler colonial projects in Palestine, Kashmir, and Turtle Island. It aims to demonstrate how the Indian, Israeli, Canadian, and US governments build on each other's actions to reinforce their settler colonial agendas, what lessons have been learned from North American settler colonial experiences, as well as what the ICJ ruling on Gaza means for India, a state under two genocide alerts.

 

The event consists of two threads: the first one will cover the broader themes of legal framework and ramifications in Turtle Island, Palestine, and Kashmir; the second will hone in on the lived experiences from the three geographies, providing a grounded view of resistance and ways forward as they relate to settler colonialism.  

 

Speakers:

 

- Turtle Island: Sylvia McAdam (Assistant Professor, Windsor Law) & Megan Scribe (Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University)

 

- Kashmir: Imraan Mir (Attorney, writer, researcher) & Ather Zia (Associate Professor, Anthropology and Gender Studies, University of Northern Colorado)

 

- Palestine: Jonathan Kuttab (International Human Rights attorney) & Mariam Barghouti (Palestinian American researcher, writer, journalist based in Ramallah)

 

- Moderators: Azeezah Kanji (Legal academic and writer, Toronto) & Dean Accardi (Assistant Professor of History and Global Islamic Studies, Connecticut College)

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“Never Again For Anyone” Slides Projected Onto Holocaust Museum
Jan
3
to Jan 10

“Never Again For Anyone” Slides Projected Onto Holocaust Museum

Text taken from Nonviolence International:

Wednesday evening, NVI along with Jewish Voice for Peace DC-Metro, and Friends of Sabeel North America, projected photographs and slides on the exterior walls of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum calling on the world to “Never Again” tolerate genocide for anyone.  The photographs showed scenes of atrocities in Gaza with words saying “Stop the Genocide in Gaza” “Ceasefire Now” and “Silence=Death.” 

I am a supporter of the stated mission of the Holocaust Museum, which is to learn from the experience of Jews, Roma, and others to ensure that genocide never happens again. To date the Holocaust Museum, founded by the US government, has made statements in support of Israel but has not spoken out to condemn the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

Visit NVI’s website and see more photos and a media release. Please help distribute this widely.

The UN declared the Gaza Strip to be uninhabitable in 2020. Since the violent Hamas attack of Oct 7th and the taking of hostages, Israel escalated its siege to make the situation in Gaza even more dire. Inadequate food, water, medicine and relentless relocation and bombing in wintery conditions. We must stop this ethnic cleansing. The Israeli hostages along with all Palestinian captives must be released and the siege must end. Those of us in the US and Europe have a particular responsibility to speak up and pressure our governments to stop the war and say no to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from our indigenous land.

As Marianne Ehrlich Ross, a Holocaust survivor and Museum supporter, said during the showing of photos of Gaza, she “is shocked that Israel, with US support, is engaging in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and asked the Museum to not be silent on the present war on the Palestinian people - or anyone else.”   We cannot be silent.

Peace,

Mubarak Awad, President

P.S. NVI is helping organize vigils for a ceasefire on Saturday, Jan 6th which is the Greek Orthodox Christmas Eve. Please organize or join a vigil.

Nonviolence International
https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/

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Sabeel Christmas Service 2023: Advent 4
Dec
21

Sabeel Christmas Service 2023: Advent 4

This week we are joined by Reverend Naim Ateek, Reverend Carrie Ballenger, Reverend Elaine Enns, and Ched Myers for a special Christmas service.

The Readings of the week:

Romans 16:25-27 

25 Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26 but is now disclosed, and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the Gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith-- 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever! Amen.

 

Luke 1:26-38

26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” 29 But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. 30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” 35 The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. 36 And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

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Canadian Friends of Sabeel: James Graff Memorial Lectures 2023: Peace is Possible
Nov
15

Canadian Friends of Sabeel: James Graff Memorial Lectures 2023: Peace is Possible

This year’s JGML features Jonathan Kuttab, internationally renowned human-rights lawyer and author. See the poster below. Distribute it widely. Attend with all your friends and colleagues on November 15th at 7 PM Eastern in the Victoria College Chapel (room 213), 91 Charles Street West, Toronto M5S 2C7.

Jonathan Kuttab’s theme will be "Peace is Possible". Exactly the message of hope we need in these darkest of times. 

This in-person lecture will also be held online for those outside the Toronto area with purchase of a ticket for more information contact us: info@friendsofsabeel.ca

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Nonviolence International Presents: Jonathan Kuttab's Book Launch, "The Truth Shall Set You Free"
Sep
28

Nonviolence International Presents: Jonathan Kuttab's Book Launch, "The Truth Shall Set You Free"

We Are All Part of One Another - Webinar Series

Jonathan Kuttab's Book Launch - The Truth Shall Set You Free

Thursday September 28, 2023, Noon-1:30pm ET

Hosted by Maia Carter Hallward, with Special Guest Mubarak Awad, NVI Founder. 

RSVP Here! 

Join us as we welcome Jonathan Kuttab to speak about his memoir along with special guest Mubarak Awad. Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder of Nonviolence International, a Palestinian Human Rights lawyer-and Christian pacifist. In this marvelous memoir, he takes us on a personal journey from anger and thoughts of violence to his deep commitment to unrelenting peaceful activism. Be forewarned: This is not the journey of a starry-eyed idealist. It’s a true life story of a man who has witnessed violence, terrible injustice, suffering and heart-wrenching losses. 3 of the chapters are devoted to nonviolence and the work of his cousin Mubarak Awad who will also be joining the book launch. After discussion of his book we will transition into talking about nonviolence and the future of Palestinians and Israelis today.

Jonathan will be joined by NVI founder, Mubarak Awad. Mr. Awad is an adjunct professor at the American University in Washington, DC at the School of International Studies. He focuses on promoting peace dialogue and transforming post-conflict societies, as well as teaching graduate courses on the methods and theory of nonviolence. Recently, we celebrate the first ever Mubarak Awad Day. Check out this page for inspirational comments from people who have been influenced by his work. https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/mubarak_awad_day

Hosted by: Dr. Maia Carter Hallward is a full professor at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA, in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development and Executive Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Maia has published widely in the fields of international relations, civil resistance, and international conflict management, including textbooks on International Conflict Management (2019, Routledge) and Nonviolence (2015, Polity). A former intern at Nonviolence International, she became a vegetarian for environmental reasons at 13.

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PARCEO and Haymarket present: Challenging Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation
Sep
27

PARCEO and Haymarket present: Challenging Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation

Join PARCEO and Haymarket for a discussion on challenging antisemitism together with all forms of injustice.

Wednesday, September 27 · 7 - 8:30pm EDT

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

  • Mobile eTicket

Please join PARCEO and Haymarket Books on Wednesday, September 27th at 7 PM for the launch of our “Curriculum on Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation” grounded in a deep commitment to challenging antisemitism and all forms of injustice.

This new curriculum was created by PARCEO, together with educators, scholars, and activists. The need for educational resources on antisemitism within a pedagogic framework of collective liberation is particularly important for this moment–as rising white nationalist violence targets many of our communities, including Jews, Muslims, Black people, immigrant communities, trans and queer people, among others, and as false charges of antisemitism are directed at seekers of Palestinian justice.

Join PARCEO and Haymarket Books for a discussion on a new curriculum on the importance of combatting antisemitism as part of our broader struggles for justice.

Welcome by Nina Mehta

Opening/Moderated by Robin DG Kelley

Remarks from Jamil Dakwar, Nyle Fort, Abby Saul, Lesley Williams

Closing by Mark Tseng-Putterman

***Register through Eventbrite to receive a link to the video conference on the day of the event. This event will also be recorded and live captioning will be provided.***

Speakers:

  • Robin DG Kelley, activist, scholar, writer; Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA

  • Lesley Williams, activist and educator against racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinianism.

  • Jamil Dakwar, human rights lawyer and chair of Adalah Justice Project’s advisory board

  • Abby Saul, early childhood educator and social media specialist

  • Nyle Fort, minister, social justice organizer, scholar; Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University

  • Nina Mehta, community educator and co-director, PARCEO, an education, resource, and research center

  • Mark Tseng-Putterman, a historian of Asian American community politics, Cold War imperialism, and social movements.

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This event is co-sponsored by Haymarket Books and PARCEO. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work.

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Palestine Writes
Sep
22
to Sep 24

Palestine Writes

Palestine Writes

FOSNA is a proud sponsor of this year's Palestine Writes literature festival!

Palestine Writes is the only North American literature festival dedicated to celebrating and promoting cultural productions of Palestinian writers and artists. Born from the pervasive exclusion from or tokenization of Palestinian voices in mainstream literary institutions, Palestine Writes brings Palestinian cultural workers from all parts of Historic Palestine and our exiled Diaspora together with peers from other marginalized groups in the United States.

Join us at the University of Pennsylvania the weekend of September 22nd for this exciting and important festival.

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NorCal Sabeel Presents: Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Sep
15

NorCal Sabeel Presents: Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

NorCal Friends of Sabeel Presents: Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkain

"The Developers" and the Land/Life-Grabbers in Palestine: Between Silwan and the Armenian Quarter

September 15th @ 3pm; University of California, Berkeley (412 Eshelman Hall)

As an in-demand speaker, Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian is the Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at the Faculty of Law-Institute of Criminology and the School of Social Work and Public Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Global Chair in Law- Queen Mary University of London. Her research focuses on trauma, state crimes and criminology, surveillance, gender violence, law and society. She studies the crime of femicide and other forms of gendered based violence, violence against children in conflict ridden areas, crimes of abuse of power in settler colonial contexts, surveillance, securitization and social control.

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2023 Bring the Peace Award
Aug
21
to Aug 31

2023 Bring the Peace Award

We're so excited to share that our Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab was named the 2023 Legacy Peacemaker by Mennonite Church USA!

A Legacy Peacemaker is someone who has devoted their life to peace and justice work. Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, MC USA’s denominational minister for peace and justice, said, “The Bring The Peace award is a tangible way to support the church’s peace mission and recognize the work of denominational peacemakers who are actively engaged in promoting peace in their congregations and communities.”

Read more here!

#mennonitechurch #mennonite #palestine #mennonitechurchusa #peacemaker #bringthepeace

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Black August x Freedom Church of the Poor: Honoring the Patron Saints and Martyrs of the Liberation Struggle
Aug
20

Black August x Freedom Church of the Poor: Honoring the Patron Saints and Martyrs of the Liberation Struggle

Black August x Freedom Church of the Poor: Honoring the Patron Saints and Martyrs of the Liberation Struggle

On Sunday, August 20 from 6pm to 7pm ET, our board member Nyle Fort and our National Organizer Chad Collins will be joining the Black August x Freedom Church of the Poor series for “Honoring the Patron Saints and Martyrs of the Liberation Struggle”.

Organizations speaking: Black Veterans Caucus (Common Defense), Donkeysaddle Projects,  Courtland Cox (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the SNCC Legacy Project),  Friends of Sabeel North America

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2023 Parliament of World Religions: An Interfaith Discussion on Human Rights and the Crime of Apartheid in Israel/Palestine
Aug
16

2023 Parliament of World Religions: An Interfaith Discussion on Human Rights and the Crime of Apartheid in Israel/Palestine

Please note the time has changed to 3:00-4:30 PM

FOSNA Executive Director Jonathan Kuttab will be a panelist at the 2023 Parliament of World Religions in Chicago! Attend this interfaith discussion on Human Rights and the Crime of Apartheid in Israel/Palestine August 16th ath 3:00pm.

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Visit Palestine - Witness Injustice: Connecting Struggles
Jul
8
to Jul 17

Visit Palestine - Witness Injustice: Connecting Struggles

We are hosting a witness trip with Sabeel led by Nyle Fort and Jonathan Kuttab this July! Experience the resilience and struggle for liberation of the Palestinian people. If you are curious and interested in joining please fill out the form below and share it with anyone who may be interested in being part of this journey. We will contact you very soon!

Dates:

  • July 8 - 17

Cities:

  • Jerusalem

  • Hebron

  • Bethlehem

  • Jericho

Key Places:

  • Um Al Kheir (Bedouin Palestinian village)

  • Tent of Nations

  • Al Aqsa

  • Afro-Palestinian Community

  • Aida Refugee Camp

Costs:

  • Early Bird: $250 Deposit + $1758 Registration (not including flight + extras)

  • Standard: $250 Deposit + $2000 Registration (not including flight + extras)


  • Objectives:

    • Worship with Palestinian Christians. The worship will be a time to join together to discuss how our faith applies to our lives today, especially in Palestine & Israel.

    • Experience the reality of joy, resistance, and struggle of the Palestinian community living in the Land of our Holy One – religious extremism, shrinking space, the wall, settlements, checkpoints, confiscated land and demolished homes, refugee camps, and environmental degradation

    • Learn about the loss of civil and property rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel

    • Meet and reflect with Palestinian Christians, Muslims, Samaritans, Jewish Israelis and internationals who partner with Sabeel to uplift international and humanitarian law

    • Act in solidarity with the Palestinian community.


Email chadcollins@fosna.org for questions and concerns.

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Apartheid-Free Communities: Launching a New Initiative to End Israeli Apartheid
Jun
6

Apartheid-Free Communities: Launching a New Initiative to End Israeli Apartheid

Apartheid-Free Communities: Launching a New Initiative to End Israeli Apartheid

Join AFSC on June 6th at 8:00 pm ET for the official launch of the Apartheid Free Communities Initiative. 

In late 2022, a coalition of faith groups in North America came together to respond to the emerging consensus among the international human rights community that Israel's treatment of the Palestinian people amounts to the Crime of Apartheid. Together, we drafted an Apartheid-Free pledge through which faith groups, organizations, and communities commit to dismantling Apartheid in Israel and Palestine.  Over 50 congregations, faith groups, and organizations have already signed the pledge. 

On June 6th, the 56th anniversary of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, we are making our pledge public and calling on others to join us in our work to oppose all forms of racism while working to cut ties to Israel Apartheid.  

During the launch you will hear from faith leaders and activists including Jonathan Kuttab, Rev. Wendel Griffen, and Dov Baum about the importance of the pledge and how you can help build a wide anti-Apartheid movement throughout North America.

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Faith groups across the country pledge to end support of Israeli apartheid
Jun
1
to Jun 10

Faith groups across the country pledge to end support of Israeli apartheid

OAKLAND, CA (June 1, 2023)  On June 6 – the anniversary of the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem – a coalition of many faith groups and secular organizations will announce the public launch of the Apartheid-Free campaign. They are calling on congregations, faith communities, schools, and organizations to take a pledge to work against apartheid in all its forms and support an end to Israeli apartheid against Palestinians. The launch will be accompanied by an online event on June 6 at 5PM PT/8 PM ET. Participants and journalists can register here.

“Israeli apartheid devastates lives and destroys communities,” said Dov Baum, director of Economic Activism for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). “As an Israeli Jewish person myself, I see how its violence corrupts all levels of Israeli society. It is time for progressives in the U.S. to stop their misguided and indiscriminate support of this racist regime and call for true equality and freedom for all people in Palestine/Israel.”

Already, more than 65 congregations, faith groups, and organizations have come out today calling themselves "apartheid-free” and pledging to take action against Israeli apartheid. This includes three nationwide signatories – the United Church of Christ (UCC), South Central Yearly Meeting (Quaker) and the Alliance of Baptists – as well as Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and Interfaith groups.  

“Some of the UCC’s Palestinian partners have named their situation as apartheid for years,” said Dr. Peter E. Makari, Global Relations Minister, Middle East and Europe Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ. “It is imperative that we name the reality of laws and practices for what it is: apartheid – both as an international legal definition and as our moral responsibility to speak truth – as we accompany partners in their struggle for justice. As a church that has been privileged to enjoy partnerships with Palestinian Christians, among others, we continue to walk with them in solidarity, and supporting this Apartheid-Free campaign can be a part of that witness.”

The idea for an Apartheid-Free campaign took root in 2022, following the emerging consensus among the international human rights community that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people amounts to the crime of apartheid. An interdenominational coalition of faith groups in North America, convened by AFSC, came together to organize the pledge. This coalition includes Black Christians for Palestine, Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), Episcopal Peace Fellowship – Palestine Israel Network (EPF PIN), Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (IPMN), Justice for Palestine and Israel Community of the Alliance of Baptists, Mennonite Palestine Israel Network (MennoPIN), Quaker Palestine Israel Network (QPIN), United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network (UCC-PIN), United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), and Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME).

“Christian communities have a particular responsibility to support Palestinians since it is our religion that has been co-opted into a distorted and anti-Semitic interpretation through Christian Zionism,” said Rev. Allison Tanner, national organizer for the Apartheid-Free Communities Initiative. “Christian Zionists are by far the largest single supporters of Israel and have created the largest pro-Israel lobby in the country. It is time for Christians to rise up and say this violence can no longer be committed in our name.”

For decades, the Palestinian people have faced Israeli occupation enforced through racist and discriminatory legal regimes, forced displacement, blockade and movement restrictions, and systematic human rights abuses. The Apartheid-Free coalition has published a collection of resources about Israeli apartheid, including reports from all mainstream human rights organizations and legal experts explaining to use of this legal terminology, videos, webinars, and study guides.

Organizations who take the pledge also commit to take action to help end apartheid, including educational and advocacy efforts, faith-based initiatives, and divestment actions. Currently 69 organizations have taken the pledge, with many more expected in the coming weeks and months.

Learn more at https://apartheid-free.org/

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May
19
to May 26

US State Department Religious Freedom report blames the Israeli Occupation for Christian emigration

US State Department Religious Freedom report blames the Israeli Occupation for Christian emigration

https://milhilard.org/us-state-department-religious-freedom-report-blames-the-occupation-for-christian-emigration/

By Daoud Kuttab

The most recent 2022 US State Department report on religious freedom places the cause of Palestinian Christian emigration squarely on the Israeli occupiers and their policies.

Below are some excerpts concerning Christian Palestinians from the 59-page report about the situation in Palestine. The full report titled The West Bank and Gaza 2022 International Religious Freedom Report can be seen here.

 Christian presence under threat

The Christian heads of churches in Jerusalem continued to raise public concerns that the Christian presence and Holy Sites in Jerusalem were under threat. The statements identified pressure points on Christians that included violence and harassment against clergy and worshipers by Israeli extremists; vandalism and desecration of church properties; attempts by settler organizations to obtain strategic property in and around the Christian quarter of the Old City and the Mount of Olives; and restrictions on residency permits for Palestinians as part of Israel’s Citizenship and Entry Law. This law remained an especially acute problem, according to church leaders, because of the small Christian population and consequent tendency to marry other Christians from the West Bank or elsewhere (i.e., Christians who held neither citizenship nor residency). Local Christian leaders state that Palestinian Christian emigration has continued at rapid rates.  

Palestinian Christians in numbers

 According to various estimates, 50,000 Christian Palestinians reside in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and according to media reports and religious communities, there are approximately 1,300 Christians residing in Gaza.

Christian religious courts handle legal matters relating to personal status, including inheritance, marriage, dowry, divorce, and child support. For Muslims, Sharia determines personal status law, while various ecclesiastical courts rule on personal status matters for Christians.

By law, members of one religious group may submit a personal status dispute to a different religious group for adjudication if the disputants agree it is appropriate to do so.

PA has unwritten understandings of Palestinian evangelical churches

The PA maintains some unwritten understandings with churches that are not officially recognized, based on the basic principles of the status quo agreements, including with the Assemblies of God, Nazarene Church, and some evangelical Christian churches, which may operate freely. Some of these groups may perform some official functions, such as issuing marriage licenses. Churches not

recognized by the PA generally must obtain special one-time permission from the PA to perform marriages or adjudicate personal status matters if these groups want the actions to be recognized by and registered with the PA. The churches may not proselytize.

Controversial Park opposed by religious leaders

On February 18, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theopolis III, Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land Francesco Patton, and Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian sent a letter to Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, calling on her to stop a planned expansion of the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the Old City of Jerusalem to parts of the Mount of Olives, where there are Christian holy sites. In the letter, church leaders said the proposed plan was an attack on Christians and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and seemed to be “orchestrated, advanced, and promoted by entities whose sole purpose is to confiscate and nationalize one of the holiest sites for Christianity and later its nature.”

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority, which is promoting the project, said the expansion was designed to restore long-neglected lands and better preserve historical landscapes, and that it would not harm the church properties incorporated into the national park. According to a February 21 Times of Israel report, the authority said it would withdraw the plan. The plan remained, however, on the Jerusalem Local Planning Committee calendar for discussion in 2023.

The positive role of Christian organizations

Religious organizations providing education, health care, and other humanitarian relief and social services to Palestinians in and around East Jerusalem continued to state that the physical barrier begun by Israel during the Second Intifada in 2003 impeded their work, particularly south of Jerusalem in West Bank Christian communities around Bethlehem.

Barrier and checkpoints

Clergy members stated the barrier and additional checkpoints restricted their movements between Jerusalem and West Bank churches and monasteries as well as the movement of congregants between their homes and places of worship. Christian leaders continued to state the barrier hindered Bethlehem-area Christians from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. They also said it made visits to Christian sites in Bethlehem difficult for Palestinian Christians who lived on the west side of the barrier. Foreign pilgrims and religious aid workers also reported difficulty or delays accessing Christian religious sites in the West Bank because of the barrier.

The Israeli government previously stated it constructed the barrier as an act of self-defense and that it was highly effective in preventing terrorist attacks in Israel.

During the year, Christian expatriate workers in Israeli settlements continued to complain that lack of public transportation on Saturdays prevented them from participating in religious activities and worship in Jerusalem.

Gaza permit quotas for Christians

In recent years, Israeli authorities issued permits for some Christians to exit Gaza to attend religious services in Jerusalem or the West Bank and for Muslims from the West Bank to enter Jerusalem for Ramadan. During the year, Israeli officials reported they issued 8,000 permits for Palestinians to enter Israel from the West Bank during Christmas season, and 500 family permits for West Bank residents to enter Gaza. Israeli officials reported they issued 500 permits for Christians in Gaza to enter Israel during Christmas.

Gisha reported that Israel designated a quota of 500 permits for Christians in Gaza to visit Jerusalem for Easter celebrations. They reported that some applicants received permits while their family members were left waiting for a response or denied outright, forcing them to choose between forgoing family and religious visits or leaving their family members behind during the travel. During Christmas, Gisha reported that Israel issued 649 permits for Christians to exit Gaza for the holiday.

Marriage of Jerusalemite Christians to West Bank Residents

According to Christian religious leaders, this situation remained an especially acute problem for Christians because of their small population and consequent tendency to marry Christians from the West Bank or elsewhere (i.e., Christians who held neither citizenship nor residency). Christian religious leaders expressed concern that this was a significant element in the continuing decline of the Christian population, including in Jerusalem, which negatively affected the long-term viability of Christian communities.

Factors causing emigration

According to NGOs, community members, and media commentators, factors contributing to Christian emigration included political instability, the inability to obtain residency permits for spouses due to the Law of Citizenship and Entry, the limited ability of Christian communities in the Jerusalem area to expand due to building restrictions, difficulties Christian clergy experienced in obtaining Israeli visas and residency permits, loss of confidence in the peace process, and economic hardships created by the establishment of the barrier and the imposition of travel restrictions. The Israeli government previously stated such difficulties stemmed from the “complex political and security reality” and not from any restrictions on the Christian community.

Read entire report

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/441219-WEST-BANK-AND-GAZA-2022-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf

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Freedom to Worship: A Call of the Churches
May
9
to May 31

Freedom to Worship: A Call of the Churches

Freedom to Worship: A Call of the Churches 

We, the undersigned Christian organizations and churches, stand with the churches of Palestine in their rejection of recent restrictions on their religious freedoms and the attacks on their houses of worship, cemeteries, and clergy. 

One of the highlights of Passion Week is the Ceremony of Lights on Holy Saturday, where people gather together in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with unlit candles and lanterns as they wait for the priest to emerge from the empty tomb with two candles carrying the Holy Fire. The fire is then passed from one believer to the next, throughout the streets and to various communities, and even to other churches in Palestine. The fire is even flown to Cyprus and Greece, where it is met with prayers and jubilation. During the Ceremony of the Holy Fire this year, the Israeli police arbitrarily restricted the number of worshippers in the Church, which can hold 10,000 worshipers, to a mere 1800 (with 1200 more in the courtyard) and physically prevented many worshippers from reaching the holy site to participate in the ceremony. They also canceled, without explanation, the permits they had previously issued to 700 Gazan Christians to come to Jerusalem for this occasion. The Greek Patriarchate rejected the excuse of the Israeli authorities that this was a safety measure, pointing out that there has never been a stampede or serious incident during this ceremony for centuries. 

These heavy handed restrictions and deviations from the historic Status Quo Agreement came on the heels of a sharp increase in attacks on Christian Churches, cemeteries, and clergy by Jewish fanatics. An Anglican cemetery was recently desecrated; another church was vandalized, and the statues of the virgin Mary and Christ were broken and smashed to the ground by a Jewish fanatic. The Armenian Convent was also vandalized, as hateful anti-Christian messages were spray painted on its walls. Christian nuns and clergy report multiple incidents of being attacked, humiliated, and spat on by Jewish settlers, particularly in the Old City of Jerusalem. The current government seems to handle such incidents, where the perpetrators are usually known or briefly arrested, with tolerance and timidity, and many fanatics feel that they have powerful representatives favoring their views within the current government, particularly its Minister of Police and other officials. These attacks seem to mirror other restrictions and attacks on the Al Aqsa Mosque and attempts by Jewish extremists to alter the sensitive arrangements governing access to these Holy Places. 

Despite public announcements that it will respect the religious freedom of all groups, and that it does not intend to alter the Status Quo Agreement, the behavior of the current government and the public pronouncements of some of its ministers are a source of serious concern. The impunity with which such attacks have been met must end, and the Israeli authorities must realize that there is a price to be paid for failure to respect the religious freedom of all people, including Christians. 

We call on all churches to stand in solidarity with the Christians of the Holy Land and we call on our elected representatives to communicate these concerns directly to the Israeli government. 

The political situation in the Holy land is precarious enough and we should not enable religious zealots and fanatics to inflame matters and use the power and control of the Israeli Government over the Holy Sites to disrespect the religious rights of others in their attempt to assert domination and control. 

Respectfully, 

The Undersigned 


Organizational Endorsements: 

Americans Committed to Justice and Truth 

Anglican Pacifist Fellowship 

Antiochian Orthodox Church of North America 

Beit Sahour USA 

Christian Council of Delmarva 

Christian-Jewish Allies for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine 

Cleveland Chapter of Irish Northern Aid 

Community Peacemaker Teams 

Coventry Deanery Justice & Peace Group 

Dallas Palestine Coalition 

Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio 

Friends of Mariam Inc. 

Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) 

Indiana Center for Middle East Peace 

Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East 

Iowans for a Free Palestine 

Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Joining Hands for Justice in Palestine/Israel 

Lauren Faith Smith Ministry for Nonviolence 

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns 

Mennonite Palestine Israel Network 

NorCal Sabeel 

Palestinian American Organizations Network 

Palestinian Christian Alliance for peace 

Pax Christi - Deutsche Sektion e.V. 

Pax Christi England and Wales 

Pax Christi Gruppe Oldenburg 

Pax Christi International 

Pax Christi New York State 

Pax Christi Northern CA 

Pax Christi USA 

St. Louis Friends of Bethlehem 

Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East 

United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR) 

First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain 

First United Methodist Church Boulder - Supporters for Palestine Peace with Justice 

Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church 

Hapton Methodist Church 

Hope 4 All Interfaith Community 

Northeast Kingdom Quaker Meeting 

Royal Palm Christian Church (DOC) 

St. Columba Catholic Church 

Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, NJ 

Valley View Church 

Westminster Presbyterian Church 

Individual Endorsements: 

Bo Fauth, FOSNA, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network, Co-Chair 

Curtis Marwood, The United Church of Canada, Reverend 

David Benedict, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Reverend 

Ghassan Tarazi, Ravensworth Baptist Church 

John Anderson, Israel/Palestine Mission Network PC(USA)-Bay Area

Rev. Dr. Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

Director Marina Bühler-Miko, Muslim Voice for Peace & Reconciliation "MVPR"

Merle Showers, University United Methodist Church Buffalo, Reverend

Newland Smth Smith, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Evanston, IL

Randall Heyn-Lamb, Episcopal Peace Fellowship-Palestine Israel Network, Steering Committee Member 

Rev. Gail Bennett, Episcopal Church, Reverend 

Rev. Anne Hoganson, United Church of Canada, Reverend 

Rev. Dr. FAHED Abuakel, Presbyterian minister in Atlanta, Past Moderator of the 214th General Assembly of the Presbyterian church USA 2002-2003

Rev. Jerald Stinson, First Congregational Church of Long Beach, CA, Senior Minister Emeritus 

Rev. Katherine Cunningham, Christian Zionism Working Group of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 

Rev. Steve Berube, St. Paul's United Church 

Susan Elias, Christ Lutheran Church, Lay Minister 

The Rev. David Mesenbring, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Pastor for Church in the World Ministries 

Tiffany Hunsinger, University of Dayton 

Ann Farr, Pax Christi England and Wales, Chair 

Ashlee Wiest-Laird, First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Reverend

Bea Foster, Hapton Methodist Church, Steward 

Brenda Mehos, First United Methodist Church Boulder - Supporters for Palestine Peace with Justice FUMC Palestine Peace with Justice Leader

Brian Grieves, Friends of Sabeel, Priest 

Carin B Delfs, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, Sister, SSG

Chad Collins, Valley View Church, Pastor 

Chase Danford, Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury Park, NJ, Rector

Dale Valaskovic, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Elder

Dana Ashrawi, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, President

Dennise Burgess, Pax Christi Northern CA, President 

Donna Olsen, Hope 4 All Interfaith Community, Senior Minister Enid Gordon, Methodist Church, Reverend 

Evalee Mickey, Pax Christi USA 

Genie Silver, Christian-Jewish Allies for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine, Member (designated to sign for CJ-A) 

George Makhlouf, Antiochian Orthodox Church of North America, V. Rev. Fr.

Gerold König, Pax Christi - Deutsche Sektion e.V., Bundesvorsitzender

Howard Stafford, Stafford Farms Limited, Managing Director

Jesse Wheeler, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Executive Administrator 

Joe Roos, Mennonite Palestine Israel Network, Chair 

Johanna Collins, Valley View Church, Elder 

John Conway, Cleveland chapter of Irish Northern Aid, Chairman John Newton Hickox, Americans Committed to Justice and Truth, Director

Johnny Zokovitch, Pax Christi USA, Executive Director 

Jonathan Kuttab, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Executive Director 

Katharine Davies Samway, NorCal Sabeel, Leadership Team and Steering Committee Member 

Klaus Hagedorn, Pax Christi Gruppe Oldenburg 

Lea Koesterer, St/. Louis Friends of Bethlehem, Chairperson

M. Theresa Basile, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), Communications Director; Education Co-Chair 

Mark Smith, Lauren Faith Smith Ministry for Nonviolence, Executive Director

Martha Inés Romero, Pax Christi International, Secretary General

Meg Bowerman, St. Columba Catholic Church, Parishioner

Michael Spath, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Executive Director

Mohammad Abd-Elsalam, Palestinian American Organizations Network, President 

Muriel Schmid, Community Peacemaker Teams, Administrative Director

Murjan Abu Mahmoud, Dallas Palestine Coalition, Board Member

Nahida H Gordon, Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East, Treasurer

Omar Altalib, Altalib Associates, CEO 

Paschal Somers, Coventry Deanery Justice & Peace Group, Chair

Rev. Alex Awad, Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace

Rev. Dr. Robert Diedrichs, Iowans for a Free Palestine, Member 

Robert Hall, Christian Council of Delmarva, President 

Rola Al Ashkar, Westminster Pres, Rev Rola Al Ashkar 

Rosemarie Pace, Pax Christi New York State, Coordinator 

Sarah Humphrey, Joining Hands for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Board Chair

Steven Blinder, Royal Palm Christian Church (DOC), Senior Pastor

Sue Claydon, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Chair 

Susan Gunn, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Director

Susan Rhodewalt, Northeast Kingdom Quaker Meeting, Ministry and Care, Clerk 

Susan Wilder, Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Co-Moderator 

Walid Hayek, Beit Sahour USA 

Wally Yazbak, Friends of Mariam Inc., President 

Adrian Devlin 

Al Shayne 

Amrit Khalsa 

Audrey Lounder 

Barbara Taylor 

Bill Both 

Carol Wesley, The Rev.

Dr. Carolyn Bradley 

Catherine McCormack

Connie Raper 

David Small 

Debbie Ryce 

Doug Mitchell 

E Jacob Chacko 

Ellen Franzen 

Grace Ukoha 

Helen Burke 

Holly Stuart 

Jeffrey Courter 

Jl Angell 

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John Moore 

Leslee Abud 

Louise Savage 

Mario Hazboun

Dr. Martin Fontaine

Mary Arendt 

Michael Stevens

Nancy N Brothers

Roberta Swanson

Scott Baier 

Seth Morrison 

Sima Bakalian

Peter Gunther 

Susan Nchubiri

Susan Stout 

Teresa Gill 

Tina Liakopoulos

Tracy McLellan

Tony Segura 

Wendy Jaghab

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