Let’s expand the reach of this important email from Churches for Middle East Peace by sending it to all our faith-based and secular communities…

Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and John Lewis have introduced a resolution affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad. Let us encourage your representatives to join them in standing up for our civil liberties by cosponsoring H.Res 496!  In a …

Palestinian Liberation Theology: A Challenge to De-Colonize the Bible

The Alternative Seminary Invites you to   Palestinian Liberation Theology: A Challenge to De-Colonize the Bible   Wednesday evenings, October 2 – 23 7:00 – 9:00 pm Historic Germantown Mennonite Meeting House 6121 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia [NOTE: Not the current Germantown Mennonite Church building] One of the most profound challenges for North American Christians is to …

BDS coordinator arrested in Egypt

BDS Egypt is calling for the immediate release of its general coordinator Rami Shaath. Shaath’s family revealed Wednesday that Egyptian security forces seized the campaigner in a dawn raid on his Cairo home on 5 July. He is accused of having ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. There is no indication his arrest is related …

Sessions on antisemitism

C-J Allies did two-part examination of antisemitism, separating it from opposition to the policies of the state of Israel. We also found good pieces: Anti-Semitism and white supremacy and an examination of the definition of antisemitism as put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Attachment: Bibliography

Harvard student, already admitted to the school, refused entry to US by Customs

Truly amazing. A Palestinian Freshman student who had been living in Lebanon, was interrogated and his phone and computer exhaustively searched for multiple hours, until an agent declared that because a friend of his had declared some political opinions, he would not be able to enter the US to attend Harvard. I myself have been …

Using Indigeneity in the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

Ahmad Amara, Yara Hawari Indigeneity has re-emerged within the discourse on Palestine and is becoming a facet of political mobilization. But what does this mean in practice and how can indigeneity be harnessed to further Palestinian rights? Al-Shabaka’s Ahmad Amara and Yara Hawari examine indigeneity in the context of international law and suggest ways to employ …