Sabeel is an international peace movement initiated by Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land who seek a just peace based on two states-Palestine and Israel-as defined by international law and existing United Nations resolutions. Sabeel promotes theological, moral, and legal principles for peace as outlined in the Jerusalem Sabeel Document.

Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA) works in the U.S. and Canada to support the vision of Sabeel, cultivating the support of American churches through co-sponsored regional educational conferences, alternative pilgrimage, witness trips, and international gatherings in the Holy Land.

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

CONFERENCES & WITNESS TRIPS

Highlights

PRESS RELEASE: United Methodist General Conference Considers Divestment
April 21, 2008

Heads of Churches in Jerusalem: Easter 2008 Message

Sabeel Statement: A Human Tragedy Called Gaza, March 4, 2008

United Methodists explore divestment proposals, Jan. 31, 2008

PCUSA Middle East Caucus statment on Gaza, Feb. 5, 2008

Press Release, October 10, 2007
Naim Ateek is Hardin-Simmons University Distinguished Alumni

Beyond Holocaust and Nakba Denial: Toward Compassionate Co-Humanity
Rosemary Radford Ruether, August 29, 2007

Full Text and Signers of Evangelical Leaders' Letter to President Bush,
July 27, 2007

World Council of Churches conference in Amman, Jordan. Press Release June 19, 2007: "Churches need to mobilize for just peace in Palestine/Israel"

Sabeel's Statement on 40 Years of the Israeli Occupation

KAIROS Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel
END 40 YEARS OF ILLIGAL OCCUPATION: NEGOTIATE A JUST PEACE NOW!
June 3, 2007 Click here for church resources

ELCA Synod Bishops Urge Two-State Solution (May 9, 2007)

Lutheran World Federation Council Warns Unresolved Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Threatens Global Peace (Press Release, March 26, 2007)

Church Leaders appeal to President Bush for Peace for Peace in the Holy Land
Click here for PRESS RELEASE (pdf). Click here for LETTER (pdf).

Archbishop Desmond Tutu blasts Israeli 'atrocity' in Gaza (Nov. 9, 2006)

What the Pope Should Have Said to the Islamic World (Sept. 2006)

An Ecumenical Faith Stance Against Global Empire (Aug. 17, 2006)

The Madness of War: Sabeel Statement on War in Lebanon, Aug. 1, 2006

Israel's Summer Rains (Sabeel Statement on Gaza) July 2006

Naim Ateek's acceptance speech: Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Sayre Peace Award

 

Left to Right: Doug Willbanks (Sabeel volunteer in Portland, Oregon), Rula Shubeita of Sabeel Jerusalem, and The Rev. Richard Toll, chair of FOSNA—at the pre-assembly gathering of Disciples Peace Fellowship/Global Ministries in Portland, Oregon (2005)