Humanitarian aid is not enough to bring peace to Palestine
While the Biden administration has indicated it will restore critical humanitarian funding for Palestine, we need political action to bring lasting peace with justice.
Articles & Essays
غزة: إعادة تخيل حدود الممكن - دعوة لتقديم ملخصات
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) seeks abstracts for an anthology tentatively entitled – “Gaza: Reimagining the Boundaries of Possibility.” Writers from Palestine are invited to submit essays for this anthology.
Gaza: Reimagining the Boundaries of Possibility - Call for Submissions
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) seeks abstracts for an anthology tentatively entitled – “Gaza: Reimagining the Boundaries of Possibility.” Writers from Palestine are invited to submit essays for this anthology.
Israel has an obligation to ensure Palestinians have Covid-19 protection
On March 19, 2020 Mr. Michael Lynk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, called on Israel to ensure proper steps are taken to protect the health and safety of Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory and under Israeli control.
Representatives Pocan and Dingell lead in calling for an end to the Gaza blockade
On February 19, 2020 Rep. Pocan and Rep. Dingell sent a letter, signed by an additional 33 members of congress, to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asking that he reinstate US assistance to Palestine and support an end to the blockade of Gaza.
Travels through Gaza
Over the last twelve years I have traversed this path into Gaza at least once each year, often more frequently, and I have watched as the rubble that remained after Israel destroyed the Erez industrial zone has disappeared into the surrounding landscape, ground down by tanks during multiple invasions and grown over by weeds.
Leaving for Life
Two years ago I interviewed Samar Zaanin in Gaza. Samar, then 24, worked as an English teacher in a United National Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Gaza.
Join AFSC in DC, September 7 & 8
Join us in Washington, DC! We are looking forward to a discussion about Gaza and advocacy efforts during the upcoming gathering in Washington, DC “Preparing for 2020: Advocating for Rights, Justice & Freedom” planned for Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8.
From Brooklyn to Chicago: Actions in Support of Palestinian Rights in Gaza
From Brooklyn to Chicago, supporters of Palestinian rights organized actions in solidarity with besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip this month. This summer marks five years since the 2014 Israeli attack on Gaza and 12 years since the imposition of the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Their Names Shall Never Be Forgotten - Remembering the Victims of 2014 War on Gaza
This summer marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on Gaza in 2014 which lasted for seven weeks. During the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, 2,104 Palestinians were killed, including 1,462 civilians, among them 495 children and 253 women.