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Call from the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace

Call from the Board of Directors of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace July 8th, 2018 We call on the Episcopal Church to speak truth to power. We are an organization of Palestinian-American Christians with members across the U.S. Three of our leaders are Palestinian Christian pastors. Some of our members experienced the 1948 ethnic […]

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A Statement of Support and Appreciation from Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth

  Jerusalem, July 7, 2018 Dear sisters and brothers, Kairos Palestne has been following the recent work of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and its Palestne Israel Network with great interest and abiding appreciaton. While the Episcopal Church has partnered with the Palestnian Christan community since 1922, we recognize that this is a kairos moment for […]

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Three More Resolutions on Palestine Added at General Convention as of 3:30PM 5 July 2018

These will be considered along with the others listed in two earlier postings in the Community section of the website. The committees to whom all the resolutions have been assigned will hold a joint hearing on Friday 6 July from 7:30AM-10:00AM. B018 A Resolution For Reconciliation and Engagement in the Holy Land, filed by the […]

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Statement to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church from the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council

Statement for the Deputies & Bishops of the 79th General Convention  of the Episcopal Church      July, 2018 We are a group of more than 50 rabbis, cantors, and rabbinical students, and we speak on behalf of a large and growing movement of Jews that numbers in the hundreds of thousands that seeks an […]

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A Letter from Palestinian Christians to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church

الائتلاف الوطني للمؤسسات المسيحية في فلسطين NCCOP National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine June 21, 2018 Dear Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the esteemed bishops and deputies of the Episcopal Church, We, the member organizations of the National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP), are glad to see that you have decided to […]

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A Message to The Episcopal Church 79th General Convention from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Bonnie Anderson and Patti Browning on Justice in the Holy Land

Thanks to Episcopal Cafe for circulating this powerful statement. July 3, 2018 We join together and reach out in love to all who are gathered in Austin for the 79th General Convention. It is the first Convention since our beloved Edmond Browning, 24th Presiding Bishop, departed this life to join in all the company of heaven. We […]

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Resolutions Update as of Tuesday Evening 3 July 2018

Adding B018 A Resolution for Reconciliation and Engagement in the Holy Land D038 Civil Rights and Equality for All in Israel D039 Regarding Occupation and Apartheid B016 Adopt ELCA Action on Israel/Palestine D041 Protectng Jerusalem D044 Tools for Effective Shareholder Engagement for Human Rights -  while this resolutions does not specifically name Israel/Palestine, the tools […]

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Palestine Resolutions filed with #GC79 through Tuesday 26 June 2018

As resolutions are filed between this posting and the next regularly-scheduled PINontheGo (5 July) we will post the number, title and links on this page.  These links are included on the 28 June PINontheGo. Resolutions filed with General Convention since our last update: D018 Negotiating the Israeli Palestinian Conflict D019 Ending Church Complicity in the […]

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Why Palestinians Matter: And How Your Church Can Help Them Get Their Rights Through Faith-Based Advocacy

Colleague Philip Farah is a Palestinian Christian born and raised in East Jerusalem.  He is a founding member of the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace and a co-founder of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP).  We present this under the rubric of Voices for Justice because of the personal history Farah recounts […]

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A Wall of Sound: Cliff Cutler writes about the campaign opposing the Philadelphia Orchestra’s tour in Israel

The wall of sound describes the music produced by Phil Spector in the 1960s and the Grateful Dead in the 1970s. It has been given new meaning in the 21st century by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s performing in the State of Israel. Sandy Tolan in his book, Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in […]

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"We have heard the cries": EPF PIN at General Convention

EPF PIN member Linda Gaither sets the context for EPF PIN's work at General Convention 2018. Our presiding bishop, +++Michael Curry, heard the cries of the people during his Holy Week visit to the Diocese of Jerusalem: “We have heard the cries of Palestinian Christians throughout the land, who strive only for equal treatment and […]

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Voices for Justice: EPF PIN Member Newland Smith reports on his time in Palestine/Israel

UK and USA Palestine Mental Health Network Study Tour The ten-day tour (March 25-April 4) with seven nights in Bethlehem and two in Nazareth was led by a woman who has been facilitating tours for internationals for nearly twenty years and this was the third study tour done in conjunction with the UK Palestine Mental […]

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