U.S. Christians can't ignore Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine: In the coming weeks, 169 Palestinians, including 46 children, are in danger of being displaced by Israeli military and police, their homes turned over to Jewish Israeli settlers, and another 100 Palestinian-owned buildings–home to 1,500 people–destroyed. It is time to say enough to forced displacement, occupation, suffering, and injustice and build a world where love, hope, and reconciliation are realities, write AFSC General Secretary Joyce Ajlouny and Executive Director of Churches for Middle East Peace Mae Elise Cannon. (Sojourners)
A letter from Gaza as Israel's bombs fall: Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei shares his reflections as a father and a psychiatrist waiting for the international community to help end the violence and siege in Gaza.
Caravan from Salem (OR) brings message of hope to detainee mothers: AFSC’s Pedro Sosa organized eight car caravans to convene at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, one of the country’s largest ICE facilities, and read aloud letters collected from across the state to let mothers inside know they were not forgotten. (Salem Statesman Journal)
Demilitarizing the federal budget: This year, the U.S. will spend more than $740 billion on weapons and war—and that doesn’t even include other militarized responses, like immigration enforcement and mass incarceration, that are funded with our tax-payer dollars.
As immigrants seek refuge, America struggles to live up to its promise: “The border fence and all the infrastructure around it, like the concertina wire and the Border Patrol agents—these are all monuments to hatred,” says AFSC’s Pedro Rios. (Los Angeles Times)
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