PJN Advocacy Blog
All of PJN’s calls to action, official statements, and reflections from members in one place.
IPMN Condemns Israeli Travel Ban on Supporters of BDS
The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) condemns the Israeli government’s decision to prevent five faith leaders from traveling on an interfaith delegation from the United States to Israel/Palestine. The Israeli government has banned Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders from traveling to the country because they support the Palestinian call for nonviolent BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) tactics against Israeli human rights abuses.
World Communion of Reformed Churches - GENERAL COUNCIL 2017: Public Witness Report
PALESTINE - AN URGENT ISSUE OF FAITH FOR THE WORLD COMMUNION
This year marks 69 years since the creation of the State of Israel. The General Council wishes to reaffirm its commitment to peace and security for the Israeli people and state. The General Council also affirms that the creation of the State of Israel had a significant consequence: the loss of homeland for the Palestinian people, and the creation of three quarters of a million Palestinian refugees, whose numbers now total over six million.
OPEN LETTER: National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine
June 12, 2017 — Open letter from The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement.
Fifty years on: A call for liberty and justice for all
On June 5, 2017 the illegal Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza turned 50. This is not an occasion for celebration but a mark of shame on all who have enabled this half-century of subjugation and oppression.
The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is committed to shining al light on this ever-worsening situation which currently by default, is one state, with apartheid laws separating two peoples.
Church of Scotland on Balfour Declaration Centenary
May 22, 2017 — The Church of Scotland General Assembly has called for a ‘just peace’ in Israel/Palestine, and condemned the expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian land, writesLife and Work magazine in its daily summary of the 2017 General Assembly.
The Church of Scotland General Assembly has called for a ‘just peace’ in Israel/Palestine, and condemned the expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian land.
Hunger Strike Solidarity
Aarab Marwan Barghouti, son of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, has asked people of conscience to drink a glass of salt water to show their solidarity for his father and the 1500+ Palestinians currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. This call for solidarity has led to various groups across the world showing their solidarity for the striking prisoners by joining in and posting videos of themselves drinking the salt water at #SaltWaterChallenge.