Newsletter · March 2024

Two-State Webinar Video w/Jeff; Stones Cry Out Delegation Webinar; Susan Abulhawa on Biden; More Than 40 Pro-Palestine Orgs Refuse to Meet With Biden

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Who still espouses the two-state solution? Why? What are alternative futures?

Hosted by Open University Palestine Solidarity, London Recorded on March 12

Participants: Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, SOAS, University of London Jeff Halper, anthropologist. Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). Co-founder (with Ilan Pappe & others) of the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSC) Adnan Al-Sabah is a Palestinian solicitor practicing law in the UK specializing in civil and administrative and human rights law

Watch the video HERE

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 and a member of Kairos Puget Sound. She has made multiple trips to Palestine since 2015. "Why Palestine? Because it is a just cause. A noble ideal. A moral quest for equality and human rights." - Edward Said 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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WEBINAR VIDEO

Who still espouses the two-state solution?

WEBINAR: THE STONES CRY OUT DELEGATION

TO PALESTINE AND WASHINGTON DC

Reject Biden and build a better world

Writer and activist Susan Abulhawa recently returned from two weeks in Gaza. Susan is the founder and director of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival.

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More than 40 Pro-Palestine Orgs refused to meet with Biden in Chicago last week

In an open letter, pro-Gaza leaders said there was 'no point' to more talks without action from the White House.

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