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Episcopal Peace Fellowship Announces: National Executive Council’s Statement on Divestment, Boycott and Economic Sanctions as a means of Nonviolent Resistance
Episcopal Peace Fellowship PRESS RELEASE Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Linda Gaither, Chair, 607-342-7995 (lgaither[at]sonofyork.com); Bill Exner Vice Chair, 603-497-2003 (office[at]stmattsepiscopal.org or exner[at]comcast.net) or Allison Liles, Vice Chair, 256-684-0990 (allisonliles[at]gmail.com) The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship voted to endorse the enclosed statement with a vote of 8 yes, 2 no and […]
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EPF’s Executive Council Statement on Divestment, Boycott and Economic Sanctions as a means of Nonviolent Resistance
The National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship voted to endorse the enclosed statement with a vote of 8 yes, 2 no and 1 abstention. “In response to the ongoing cycle of violence – including Palestinian terrorist bombings and the well documented military and economic violence of the government of Israel against Palestinians – […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Dr. Hanan Chehata Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed their support for Palestine and expressed their condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies by supporting the 2009 Kairos Palestine document. This was a paper […]
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Church leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism
Wednesday, 07 April 2010 15:45 Dr. Hanan Chehata Easter was the perfect opportunity for Christians to reconsider their position on the Palestine/Israel conflict and many did. In South Africa, more than sixty church leaders and theologians showed their support for Palestine and expressed their condemnation of Israel’s apartheid policies by supporting the 2009 Kairos Palestine […]
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US military aid to Israel violates domestic, international law
Nahida H Gordon, The Electronic Intifada, 7 April 2010 The Middle East Study Committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has published “Breaking Down the Walls”, a report to be submitted to the church’s 219th General Assembly this July. Some of the report’s 39 recommendations have drawn harsh criticism. The Simon Wiesenthal Center declared in a […]
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Boycott and divestment gets mainstream attention in church, on campus
Thursday, February 4, 2010 It’s good news to see that boycott and divestment campaigns against companies profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid are becoming increasingly mainstream. Here’s a couple of recent examples. The National Catholic Reporter ran a great article about the Kairos Document produced by the Palestinian Christian community, calling for churches around the […]
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An Outrageous and Pathetic Weapon Against BDS: Stop Instrumentalizing Anti-Semitism!
Every time the State of Israel is confronted with substantial international criticism for its political behavior and its violations of basic international standards, it counter-attacks by using the infamous tool of accusations of anti-Semitism. One remembers the campaign on anti-Semitism launched by Ariel Sharon and his friends throughout the world, Jews and non-Jews, after the […]
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This is what accountability looks like.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 What does accountability for human rights abuses and violations of international law look like? Maybe like this: Following a letter from Oxfam to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown which “raised humanitarian concerns about the impact of the occupied Israeli territories on the Palestinian people,” the UK is requiring retailers to clearly […]
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*BNC Welcomes the */*Kairos*/* Document of Leading Christian Palestinians
“A moment of truth–A word of faith from the heart of Palestinian suffering”* Occupied Palestine: 11 December 2009 Today, prominent Christian Palestinian leaders are releasing a historical /Kairos/ document, calling on Churches around the world “to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian […]
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United for freedom and universal justice
Omar Barghouti and Sid Shniad, The Electronic Intifada, 31 July 2009 For several decades, the world has watched in frustration as the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories deepened. Confused by the details of what is alleged to be a highly complicated situation and loathe to be attacked for criticizing Israel lest they […]
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