Washington - May 15, 2019 — On the 71st commemoration of the Nakba, the Catastrophe of Palestinian exile and ethnic cleansing, activists from around the greater Washington metro area gathered outside the Embassy of Israel. The multi-faith delegation of lay people and clergy was there to present the Kairos Palestine—Global Kairos for Justice international petition, and a call to freedom and human rights. The Israeli embassy refused to take the delivery.

2019 - The Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) decisively endorses Rep. Betty McCollum’s (MN) legislation, HR 2407, “Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation.”

March 18, 2019 — The Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, and expresses its profound grief for the heinous crimes.

We stand in solidarity with all Muslims at this time, especially the Muslims of Aotearoa/New Zealand. We denounce the abhorrent ideologies of white supremacy and Islamophobia that gave rise to this attack, and we see it as an assault on all believers, on our global human family, and the bonds of our shared humanity.

March 8, 2019 — The recent vote by the United Methodist Church (UMC) against LGBTQI+ Community brings to mind a verse in the hymn “They Will Know We are Christians by Our Love”:

We will work with each other
We will work side by side
And we’ll guard each one’s dignity
And save each one’s pride...

We grieve with our United Methodists friends whose dignity and pride is once more under attack by their church. No change was made in The Book of Discipline. The list of those who are welcome includes almost every marginalized group except LGBTQI+. It still reads: “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. Therefore self-avowed practicing homosexuals are not to be certified as candidates, ordained as ministers, or appointed to serve in The United Methodist Church.” (Para. 304.3)

January 17, 2019 — We are members of faith communities in the United States whose congregations or denominations have adopted resolutions to boycott products made in Israeli settlements—built on occupied Palestinian lands in violation of international law and longstanding official U.S. policy—or have implemented a screen to divest from companies that profit from the decades-old Israeli military occupation of Palestine. These resolutions affirm our commitment to a just peace for all Palestinians and Israelis.

January 14, 2019 — Read this letter in support of Angela Davis from Rev. Vernon S. Broyles, III, Advisor to the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.

“As a life-long Minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), I served congregations in Dothan and Montgomery for over 20 years. It was my honor to know leaders of the civil rights struggle like E. D. Nixon, Ms. Johnnie Carr, Mrs. Virginia Durr and many others. One of my beloved parishioners was Judge Richard Rives, who presided over the Montgomery Bus Boycott decision…”