Episcopal Peace Fellowship: PRESS RELEASE: Palestine/Israel Network (PIN) of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship Contact: Ms. Donna Hicks (NC) 919-688-3419 djhicks2790@earthlink.net and The Rev. Cotton Fite (Chicago): 847-894-3094 cotton.fite@sbcglobal.net During the week EPF will release video clips from the conference at Episcopal Peace Fellowship Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/episcopalpeacefellowship) “Living the Gospel, that’s what the Palestine/Israel Network is about. Acts…
Category Archives: Israel/Palestine
Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemy?
NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED COLUMNIST By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: October 5, 20 For decades, Palestinian leaders sometimes seemed to be their own people’s worst enemies. Damon Winter/The New York Times Nicholas D. Kristof Related in Opinion Room For Debate: Can Israel Survive Without a Palestinian State? Readers’ Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article….
With a Bit of Land Restored, Villagers End Campaign
Check out the full article from the New York Times here. “BILIN, West Bank — Residents of this tiny Palestinian village, along with Israeli and foreign supporters, on Friday held what organizers billed as the last of their trademark weekly demonstrations against the Bilin section of Israel’s West Bank barrier. It was a milestone that illustrated both the…
Launch of Palestine Israel Network (PIN)
This past mid-October eighteen Episcopalians from Maine to Oregon met in Chicago to commit to establishing a network dedicated to a more vibrant Episcopal church witness for justice and peace in Israel and Palestine. We are convinced that, given the death of the Oslo peace process, the increasing militarization of Israeli culture and institutions abetted…
Deacon Vicki Gray on Sabeel Pilgrimage
Confronting the occupation By Vicki Gray, March 30, 2011 [Episcopal News Service] I recently returned from a two-week pilgrimage to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories, my third trip to the area. It was emotionally devastating. I travelled in the company of some 30 Northern California members of Friends of Sabeel North America. Sabeel is…
Rt. Rev. Suheil S. Dawani Press Release
PRESS RELEASE The information contained herein (2 pages) has been authorized for release by: The Rt. Revd Suheil S. Dawani Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Contact Information: Phone +972-2-627-1670 FAX +972-2-627-3847 bishop@j-diocese.org 3 March 2011 Jerusalem The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem,…
Sitting Sumud by Donna Hicks
4 February 2011 Sitting sumud Wednesday night I turned on CNN to take a break from watching Al Jazeera English on the internet. CNN reporters Anderson Cooper, Hala Gorani and Ben Wedemann were broadcasting from a building near Tahrir Square in Cairo. As they talked about the events in Tahrir Square, I couldn’t stop crying….
Don’t forget the Holy Land’s indigenous Christian population
By Anne K. Lynn, Episcopal News Service Somehow, it was not obvious to me that Christians in the Holy Land, descendents of the Apostles, are Palestinian. Those blond Jesus images from childhood take a long time to erase. Palestinian Christians did not convert to Christianity; they’ve lived and spread Christ’s message throughout the region over…
Bishops urge world leaders to continue to work for peace in Holy Land
The following is from Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service JERUSALEM (CNS) — Bishops who spent five days meeting about the Holy Land urged the international community to continue to work toward peace and be aware of problems faced by Christians in the region. “Those who govern the different parts of the Holy Land need to summon…
Presiding bishop writes to Obama on Israeli-Palestinian peace process
[Episcopal News Service] Stressing the urgency of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori last weekend wrote to President Barack Obama urging United States leadership to “reignite a negotiations process that can produce immediate and sustainable steps toward a just, comprehensive and lasting peace.” The Jan. 16 letter also cautioned against U.S. use…
