Munther Isaac's Easter Vigil for Gaza; State Dept Resignee Speaks Out; Accelerated Land Theft in West Bank; Absolute Devastation at Al-Shifa Hospital
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EASTER VIGIL FOR GAZA 2024
REV. DR. MUNTHER ISAAC
Watch Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac's message
for the Church: An Easter Vigil for Gaza
Read moreChristmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, March 31
WATCH A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL Dr. Ron Caldwell has traveled to Palestine and Israel three times on a "Solidarity Tour" with Dr. Michael Spath (ICAHD-USA co-chair, Executive Director of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace) and recently participated in the “In the Footsteps of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela” tour, co-led by Michael Spath and Rev. Edwin Arrison. In addition to studying Tutu and Mandela, tour participants heard from anti-apartheid activist-leader, Rev. Allan Boesak.
I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy
Read moreDemocracy Now!, March 28
“I have a young daughter, and I thought about, in the future, if she were to ask me, 'What were you doing when this was happening? You were at the State Department.' I want to be able to tell her that I didn’t stay silent.”
Israel Accelerates Land Theft in West Bank
Bezalel Smotrich, the ultra-far-right Israeli finance minister, declared (https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-appropriates-197-acres-of-land-in-the-jordan-valley-declaring-it-state-land/) nearly 2,000 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank as so-called ‘state lands.’ … ‘We are promoting settlement through hard work and in a strategic manner all over the country,’ Smotrich said (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/22/israel-largest-west-bank-settlement-blinken-visit/) last week.
Read more‘Most Unethical Army in the World’ – Palestine Chronicle Assesses the Damage at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
The Palestine Chronicle spoke with three eyewitnesses, including two journalists, who were met with scenes of absolute devastation when they reached the vicinity of the hospital.” Thank you for your continuing support
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