Newsletter · March 2024

Jeff's March video update; Stones Cry Out Delegation Webinar; Biden in a Bind; A Cuisine Under Seige

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March 12, 2024

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The Stones Cry Out Delegation to Palestine and Washington DC led by ICAHD-USA Co-Chair Dr. Michael Spath

Wednesday, March 20, 2:00pm ET Register Here

The Stones Cry Out Delegation was made up of 23 church leaders and activists from 12 Christian denominations from all across the United States. We had a series of meetings with 17 Jewish, Christian, and Muslim peacemakers, human rights activists, and practitioners of non-violence in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Hebron, then returned to Washington DC for a series of meeting with congresspersons, demonstrations, and an interfaith prayer service. Delegation leader Dr. Michael Spath, ICAHD-USA Co-Chair & Executive Director of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, will moderate a conversation about what we learned in our meetings in Palestine and DC with the following Delegation members: Susan Brooksbank is a retired businesswoman and an elder in her Presbyterian Church and has traveled to Palestine numerous times. She has worked with Palestinian organizations such as Friends of Wadi Foquin and Bright Stars of Bethlehem. Joanne Quinn is an oncology nurse in Seattle and an activist on behalf of Palestine because, in the words of Edward Said: "Why Palestine? Because it is a just cause. A noble ideal. A moral quest for equality and human rights." Rev. Ashlee Wiest-Laird is Pastor at First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, NY. She has been the Southern Baptist Chaplain at Harvard University and spent a year working with Sabeel Liberation Theology Center and the Middle East Council of Churches in Jerusalem. Rev. Jack Erskine has served 40+ years as a priest in the Episcopal Church, 8 years as a Chaplain in Independent Schools, and12 years as a Hospital Chaplain. In addition to this Delegation, Jack visited Gaza (and many of the places that have been in the news these last five months) in 2019. NEWS, OPINION & ANALYSIS

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JEFF'S MARCH VIDEO UPDATE

WITH ATTA JABER “Here is my March update on what's happening in Palestine, this time with my friend and comrade Atta Jaber, who many of you know, is a Palestinian farmer in the Baka'a Valley of the southern West Bank who for years has resisted demolitions, the loss of land and settler violence and has become an articulate spokesman for the people 'on the ground.'"

WEBINAR: THE STONES CRY OUT DELEGATION

TO PALESTINE AND WASHINGTON DC

Most Americans Want the US to Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Poll Finds

Only 27 percent of respondents say they agree with the US’s current arms transfers to Israel.

A cuisine under siege: I couldn’t rescue my aunt in Gaza, but I can keep her recipes alive

Teaching the next generation of Palestinians how to make a celebratory stew may seem trivial, inappropriate even, in light of the deliberate starvation (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/un-israel-food-starvation-palestinians-war-crime-genocide#:~:text=Hunger%20and%20severe%20malnutrition%20are,medicines%20and%20other%20humanitarian%20supplies.) and plausible genocide (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227078791/icj-israel-genocide-gaza-palestinians-south-africa#:~:text=ICJ%20says%20it%27s%20%27plausible%27%20Israel%20committed%20genocide%20in%20Gaza%20The,call%20for%20a%20cease%2Dfire.) facing Gazans right now. But food is as integral to our identity and rootedness to the land as our centers (https://www.npr.org/2024/02/04/1226295081/gaza-iconic-sites-destroyed-in-war) of cultural knowledge (https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/11/palestinian-cultural-heritage-gaza-destruction-in-pictures) , such as archives, libraries, theaters, and schools, which are also under attack. Israel’s assault is eliminating entire bloodlines (https://time.com/6330210/israel-hamas-gaza-families-amnesty-international/) , and with them, all of the memories and knowledge they possessed.

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