A Reflection from EPF PIN Member Kathy Christison A propaganda war centering on indigenous rights—involving Native American solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against Israeli oppression—has lately been raging on public walls and local newspaper columns in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although Santa Fe is a mere teapot of a city, the tempest is sizable. Not […]
As an organization dedicated to working for true justice and peace for both Palestinians and Israelis, emphasizing political and human rights for Palestinians, the Palestine Israel Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF/PIN) condemns virtually every aspect of the US plan for resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict issued by President Trump on January 28, 2020. This […]
2019 saw the third delegation in four years to the West Bank and Gaza led by members of EPF's Palestine Israel Network. Through these trips, many members have been able to see firsthand the consequences of settler colonialism, which has helped to inform our work. By going on the ground in Israel and Palestine, we […]
Cody O’Rourke was about 25 back in Michigan when a friend at the Church of the Brethren shared about his recent stint in Hebron with Christian Peacemaker Teams – “getting in the way,” as CPT likes to say, of IDF soldiers harshly detaining children on their way to school. That was 2005 and O’Rourke didn’t […]
EPF PIN member Steve France reports on a book talk. A large, excited crowd came to political scientist Ian Lustick’s December book talk at the Middle East Institute in Washington. His new book, “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality” gave an autopsy of the Two-State Solution (TSS) steeped in his 50-year experience of […]
A STATEMENT by the Episcopal Peace Fellowship's Palestine Israel Network (EPF PIN) on Action by Executive Council re Resolution B016 (2018): Adopt Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Action on Israel/Palestine. The Steering Committee of EPF PIN commends Executive Council for positive action on three Resolutions implementing the mandate from the 79th General Convention expressed in […]
EPF PIN member Tom Foster who convenes the local organizing work group for PIN, traveled with Eyewitness Palestine last year. He reflects on the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library and we also share a link to an interview with its founder Vivien Sansour. The Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library is based on the property of a beautiful, […]
EPF PIN member Tom Foster, who convenes PIN’s local organizing work group, was part of an Eyewitness Palestine delegation to Palestine/Israel last year. He writes here about one of the sites visited and the group with whom they met, Zochrot. 600 LOCALITIES We visited the site of Lifta, one of over 500 localities from which Palestinians were […]
EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel writes about his time in Alabama and makes connections about what standing witness means in our work for Palestine. The humid, sweltering August heat of Black Belt Alabama enfolded us all as we stood at the former site of Varner’s Cash Store in Hayneville. On this spot on another August […]
Philip Farah, a member of EPF PIN’s advisory council and a key member of the Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, traveled to Palestine in June. He reflects on his time on the ground. Last month, I participated in an Eyewitness Palestine delegation of 22 Americans. Over a 10-day period, our intensive tour took us to […]
A new book, “Reclaiming Judaism From Zionism,” wants to start a big new conversation about Israel. The book presents the personal stories of 40 American Jews of all ages and descriptions who pull back the veil on a topic that is largely taboo in the U.S.: the trouble the Jewish establishment is having keeping the […]
EPF PIN member Newland Smith also attended the action last week in Washington DC. Here is his reflection. Leaders did an amazing job in preparing participants for the actions at the convention center. The four hour long training in non violence included practicing being in solidarity in a given action. So come Monday we were […]
