Mennonite Peace & Justice Network-Open Letter to Congregations

An Open Letter to Mennonite Church USA Congregations

Becoming Peacemakers in Israel/Palestine

June 2007

(A beginning list of Follow-up resources follows)

For more than 60 years, Mennonites have witnessed to the good news of Jesus Christ in Israel and Palestine. In recent decades the human rights situation for Palestinians has deteriorated dramatically. Today, a power imbalance of Israelis over Palestinians distorts the lives of everyone living in the region and fails to provide the longed for security. A system of forced segregation and oppression imposed by the Israeli government, which some have called apartheid, and the resulting spiral of violence calls for urgent collaborative action by all Mennonites including the agencies currently working in the region.

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