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Revised Minute on the Conflict in Israel and Gaza: Santa Cruz Friends Meeting (CA)
As members and attenders of the Santa Cruz Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, we pledge to continue our efforts to understand the needs of Israelis and Palestinians as they evolve, and to take action at home that would enhance their peaceful resolution of conflictsMinute Concerning the Conflict in Israel and Palestine: Chapel Hill Friends Meeting (NC)
We urge our government to call for an immediate ceasefire, immediate and adequate humanitarian aid, and negotiations for a long-term peace.Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: 15th Street Friends Meeting (NY)
We, the members of Fifteenth Street Friends Meeting urge our lawmakers and President Biden to endorse a ceasefire, protect lives, including hostages held by Hamas and civilians, provide humanitarian aid, address and resolve the root causes to the longstanding regional dispute, and speak out against both antisemitic and anti-Islamic words and actions.Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: Yellow Springs Friends Monthly Meeting (OH)
Ramallah Friends School Students to Congress: Prioritize Ceasefire, Protect Children’s Lives
As the crisis in Israel and Palestine deepens, the students at RFS sent the following letter to members of Congress. In it, they urge lawmakers to prioritize a ceasefire, protect the lives of innocent children, and secure humanitarian aid. They ask: “Is it justifiable for us to endure life under occupation, live in constant fear, and be haunted by the unsettling presence of settlers in our dreams?”Arrest of Ramallah Friends School Student Shines Light on Abuse of Palestinian Children
Shadi Khouri is a 16-year-old student at the Ramallah Friends School, a 150-year-old Quaker school in Palestine. This week he was arrested, held in Israeli military detention, and interrogated without the presence of a parent or lawyer. What is happening to Shadi is terrifying and—devastatingly—not unique. This violation is just one example of the systematic abuse felt by Palestinian children living under occupation.Minute on Immigration, Sanctity of Worship and Protection of Sensitive Locations, Vassalboro Monthly Meeting of Friends (ME)
To answer the call of the inherent worth and dignity of all people, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including immigrant communities.Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget
In this interview, I asked Randall about efforts to cut (or at least reduce the rate of growth of) the United States defense budget, which exceeds $750 billion annually, even though other challenges to national security—climate change and pandemic disease, to name just two—loom large.The Friends Committee on National Legislation Deplores the Supreme Court United States v. Texas Non-Decision, Calls for Congressional Action
The Friends Committee on National Legislation stands in solidarity with millions of immigrant families left in excruciating limbo following the Supreme Court of the United States split 4-4 decision today.Minute on Defending the Rights and Religious Freedoms of Migrant Communities and All People of Faith by Preserving Sensitive Locations, Jamestown Friends (NC)
As members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) we stand firmly in support of the safety, rights, and religious freedoms of everyone, including the immigrant communities we know, belong to, and love. We must respond to the particular insult of allowing enforcement officials to enter critical, sacred, and public places of refuge.