November 12-19, 2008 - 7th International Sabeel Conference in Jerusalem and Nazereth - Beyond Remembrance: Facing the Challenges of the Future Sixty Years After the Nakba
New! Powerpoint Slide Show (3 MB) of May 17 "Al-Nakba Commemoration: Palestine, 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing (1948 – 2008)" at Capital Reflecting Pool.
Divestment
New! WIAMEP has developed a statement on Economic Measures (pdf).
Read our letter (pdf) to delegates at the UMC General Conference in April as they consider proposals to promote just policies through selective divestment. United Methodist volunteers have put up a web site to explain the concept of divestment from companies that sustain the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
Crisis in Gaza
The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion is a recent report about Gaza today by Crisis Action, a coalition of Non-Government Organizations in Gaza.
The
Relief Convoy to Gaza which started Saturday January 26, 2008, finally made it in. More
information about this Gush-Shalom-sponsored effort available here. Support
for Gaza residents is also being gathered by Churches in Action Together.
Contact your own church about this effort. Read
our Letter to
Secretary Rice conveying our concerns about Gaza.
Bethlehem, where Jesus' earthly life began, is being strangled.
Our fellow Christians and Muslims live under duress. Expanding settlements and the Wall threaten to "imprison" them by cutting them off from jobs, schools, churches, hospitals and even Jerusalem. Pray for its people! We encourage you to share your concerns and speak out against this injustice. For more information, please check our website (www.wiamep.org) or call 202-234-5817 (evenings or weekends).
Sites with more information on Bethlehem:East Jerusalem
is being surrounded by Israeli settlements in order to cut it off from the West Bank and prevent it from becoming the capital of Palestine. This is a major barrier to achieving peace. Read the excellent 2-7-05 Washington Post article (text version) and National Council of Churches statement of concern.
We are
promoting the following cards available for
purchase:
INFO-MAPS from
PIAG: two-sided cards with maps showing Israel's takeover of
Palestinian lands since 1946.
Friends of Sabeel--DC: 2006 Conference followup information available here.
June 22 (Sunday), 2008, 7 pm - Daoud Nassar at First Presbyterian - Annandale, VA. See PDF flyer for more details.
June 24 (Tuesday), 2008, 7 pm - Daoud Nassar at Glen Echo Town Hall - Maryland. See PDF flyer for details.
June 15 (Sunday), 2008, 2-4 pm - Give Peace a Chance! Campaign - Prayer Service and Workshop on Water Issues in Palestine. See PDF flyer for more information.
May 18 (Sunday), 2008, 3-5 pm - Prayer Service and Workshop on East Jerusalem Settlements at Chevy Chase United Methodist Church. See PDF flyer or visit Sharing Jerusalem - Give Peace a Chance site for more information.
May 17 (Saturday), 2008, 2-4 pm - WIAMEP is sponsoring "Al-Nakba Commemoration: Palestine, 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing (1948 – 2008)" on 3rd Str SW between Pennsylvania and Maryland Aves at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, near the National Museum of the American Indian (center of this map). Program will include speakers whose families were forced to leave their homes and villages during the establishment of the State of Israel. · Informative PDF flyer with resource list · Website with more Nakba info · Powerpoint Slide Show of this event (3 MB)
May 16 (Friday), 6-8 pm: Rooftop Fundraiser for Love Thy Neighbor's "Living Nonviolence Camps" in Ramallah and workshops for youth. Food, drink, ...... $50 suggested donation. At Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP rooftop, 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW , Washington DC 20004. Info: David Delewski, 301-339-4419 or ltnpeaceoutreach@gmail.com. PDF flyer
May 10-14, 2008 - You are invited to hear Dr. Alice Rothchild speak at one of eleven events in the Washington DC metro area May 10-14. Her itinerary is listed here. Dr.
Rothchild is a Jewish obstetrician/gynecologist who has become involved
in Middle East peace efforts and has spent a considerable amount of
time in the region working with Palestinian and Israeli women and
children. She co-founded and co-chairs the Boston chapter of Jewish
Voice for Peace, formerly Visions of Peace with Justice in
Israel/Palestine, and organized the Jewish American Medical Project,
now the JVP Health and Human Rights Project.
March 10 - April 30, 2008 - Give the Gift of School Back Packs to Palestinian Children. Drop-off sites in DC, Annandale, and Springfield.
April 20-22, 2008 - We encourage your participation in the Annual CMEP Conference at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 was an Interfaith Prayer Service at St. Alban's Episcopal Church calling for an end to the Gaza blockade and the ongoing violence followed by a Vigil at the Israeli Embassy. View Press Release (pdf) or press coverage (pdf).
Meet Yonatan Shapira and Bassam Aramin when they visit our area Jan. 21-24. They are founding members of Combatants for Peace and will be speaking about the experiences that transformed them from combatants to peacemakers, and about the Abir's Garden project, a playground being built in memory of Bassam's daughter, Abir, one of 863 children who died at the hands of Occupation forces since 2000.
Jan. 21, 7:00 PM, Veterans for Peace at Stoney Run Friends Meeting House, 5116 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210
Jan. 22, 6:00 PM, Busboys and Poets Restaurant and Cafe, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, (202) 387-7638
Dec. 22, 9:30am - Christmas Procession for Bethlehem at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. UPDATED PRESS RELEASE - 12/17/07 (pdf)
Dec. 6 Noon - DAOUD NASSAR of the Tent of Nations (near Bethlehem) at FCNL, Washington, DC.
Nov. 26-28, 2007 - People's Peace Conference & Truth Commission - Annapolis and Washington DC.
Oct. 20 & 21 - Sharing Jerusalem Communications Workshops, led by Cecilie Surasky, Jewish Voice for Peace. Saturday, 9:30am - 4:30pm at St. Columba's Episcopal Church, and Sunday 1-4pm at Vitarello home. Pre-registration required. (Click on title for PDF flyer and form.) For more about Sharing Jerusalem, click here!
June
10-11 - The World Says No to Israeli Occupation!
On the 40th anniversary of Israel's
illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip,
and East Jerusalem, huge mobilization was a huge success! The protest,
teach-in, and lobby day was put together by the US
Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United
for Peace and Justice.
Mar. 28 - Kathy Bergen, Wed. Noon at FCNL, DC.
Feb. 3 - Join us for an ICAHD Fundraiser at Busboys and Poets
Rev. Naim Ateek is in DC in February to speak about Christianity and Palestine:
Christmas
Procession for Bethlehem
Saturday, December 23 4:00 PM at Lafayette Park.
Details (including pictures from the event)
here
.
Read
Reflections on Bethlehem.
End the Gaza Siege SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 12:00 noon Rally at Dupont Circle Details here . Read speech by WIAMEP member Dr. Mark Braverman.
July 25, 2006, 5pm -- Demonstration Protesting Israel's Ongoing Actions in Lebanon and Gaza. , near the Israeli embassy.
School Supplies Drive for Palestinian Refugee Children
March 3-4, 2006 -- DC Friends of Sabeel Conference: Pursue Justice, Seek Peace! Working together to build a better future in Palestine and Israel
December 27-30, 2005 -- "Celebrating Nonviolent Resistance", an International Conference in Bethlehem, Palestine
November 13, 2005 -- Christian Zionism, the Palestinians & the U.S. , Rev. Stephen Sizer
April 2005 -- Sami Awad of Holy Land Trust Can Nonviolence Help End the Israeli Occupation?
May 2005 --
Bustan
L'Shalom, a true
Jewish-Arab grassroots partnership
June 7, 2004 -- The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb -- 7:30pm at Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington (Map) Download a PDF Flyer. We encourage you to visit The Cave Gift Shop at the International Center of Bethlehem.
May 12, 2004 -- Hanan Ashrawi, Stephen Cohen, Matthew Hodes, and Phillip Wilcox: An Israeli and Palestinian Peace: Just Compromises or Collapse? -- 7PM at American University Kay Spiritual Life Center ( Map)
March 21st, 2004 -- An Interfaith Symposium: The Human and Religious Dimensions of Rabbi Arik Ascherman’s Trial and Israel’s Home Demolition Policy
March 4th, 2004 -- Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi: Palestine, Israel and the US: Why the Occupation Must End See http://www.palestinemonitor.org