Swords Into Plowshares settlements Archives

July 11, 2012

Tell Secretary Clinton to say “no” to legalizing settlements

Posted 4:26pm

From our colleagues in the Office of Public Witness: An Israeli Commission wants to make all settlements and outposts legal under Israeli Law. Your action is needed to make sure U.S. opposition is strong and bold. On Monday the U.S. State Department came out against the Levy Committee Report which, among other things, states there… Read more »

November 22, 2011

Jerusalem, Settlements and the Two-State Solution

Posted 10:04am

Danny Seidemann, Israeli attorney and founder and director of the Israeli NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem puts a two to three year expiration date on a two-state solution for peace in Jerusalem and thus in Israel and Palestine. In a presentation organized by the NGO Israel-Palestine Working Group at the United Nations, Seidemann focused on the question… Read more »

April 25, 2011

World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel

Posted 11:15am

The World Council of Churches invites member churches and related organizations to join a week of advocacy and action for a just peace in Palestine and Israel on May 29 – June 4. Congregations and individuals around the globe who…

Support Obama administration effort for peace between Israelis and Palestinians

Posted 6:55pm

Addressing the question of working for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the 218th General Assembly (2008) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) encouraged Presbyterians to “focus our energy on the United States government, demanding that it assume an intensive and unrelenting…

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