Letter to the Editor of the Swarthmorean To the Editor: I hope that area churches and synagogues will join their national denominations and the Jewish peace organizations that have denounced the recent Israeli massacres in Gaza. Although the Israeli government has done everything possible to obfuscate the circumstances, I know of no independent voices that …
Clericus Paper, 6.4.18 – Cliff Cutler Just one month after a resolution to educate about peace in Israel/Palestine was not permitted to reach the Convention floor of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced plans to relocate the US embassy there, reversing seven decades of US foreign policy. …
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Ahli Arab Hospital is struggling to cope with the mounting toll of casualties from the protests in Gaza. At this point in the crisis, the hospital is in desperate need of medical supplies, surgical equipment, medicines and fuel for its generators. The only positive news from Gaza is that medical equipment and medicine are now …
The shootings by Israeli forces on Monday the 14th that coincided with the opening of the new US Embassy in Jerusalem was condemned by the UN after a vote of 29 in favor of condemnation, two opposed and 14 abstained. The charge was that Israel did nothing to try and minimize casualties, but instead just …
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Noura Erekat is a Palestinian lawyer who explodes lies and myths about Palestine.
Christian-Jewish Allies for a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine invites you to attend a program on Palestine on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 3:00 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 22 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia Film screening, networking & discussion “The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War with the United States” An …
