Andy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith
Justice for Palestine and an end to Israel's occupation can only happen through international pressure. This requires an informed and mobilised population in countries like the UK, and A Just Peace for Palestine is exactly the campaign we need to educate and inspire individuals and communities.
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Anna Baltzer, author and human rights activist - annainthemiddleeast.com
There has never been a more urgent time for initiatives like "A Just Peace for Palestine." As Israeli violations of Palestinian rights escalate with every passing day, the time is right to educate and empower people of faith and conscience to unite in the struggle for justice in Palestine and beyond.
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Beki Bateson, Chair, Amos Trust
As a mother, daughter and sister I recognise that we all have a need to live in an environment where we feel safe, where our humanity is recognised and respected and where our dreams and ambitions can be nurtured and realised. This campaign is a fantastic way to connect with the issues that effect Palestinians and Israelis on a daily basis and to see a way forward that is equitable and just for all. I encourage you to get involved and make a difference.
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Brian McLaren, author/speaker/activist
I'm so grateful that A Just Peace for Palestine is educating people - especially people in the faith community - about the conflict and prospects for peace in the Middle East. I've been waiting for a site like this that provides an honest primer for beginners to the issue and a trustworthy guide for ways to get involved.
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Dr. Walter Brueggemann, Hebrew Bible scholar and author
A timely and urgent effort. It is a time for fresh courage and imagination and new initiative that gives voice to those most in need of support. I am grateful for this new effort and live in hope that a common humanity may prevail in a common land.
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Jews for Justice for Palestinians Executive
By bringing together Jews, Muslims and Christians in solidarity against the injustice committed by Israel towards the Palestinian people, A Just Peace for Palestine helps to overcome divisions between communities, and in this way prefigures the reconciliation between religious and national groups that we hope to see one day in Israel and Palestine.
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Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
I endorse this project and believe a solution is possible based on Human Rights and International Law, which means an ending of the Israeli siege and occupation of Palestinian territory and giving the right of self determination to the Palestinian people.
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Mark Braverman, author, speaker, activist
A Just Peace for Palestine takes us back to the spirit of that Jewish reformer who spoke truth to power 2000 years ago. By bringing people of all faiths together on a grassroots, global basis in faithful, nonviolent resistance to oppression and tyranny, A Just Peace for Palestine represents the only and best hope for freedom and dignity for the Palestinian people as well as for the citizens of Israel, who face a grim future of continued conflict and increasing isolation.
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Rev. Canon Garth Hewitt, Amos Trust
The world needs to wake up to what is happening in Palestine. It demands a response from all of us.
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Rt Revd Richard Llewellin, Bishop of the Church of England
Having travelled to Occupied Palestine as an Ecumenical Accompanier I am glad to support A Just Peace for Palestine. I am encouraged that the church is becoming increasingly active on this issue and will do all in my power to persuade people that the continued military occupation is unjust and does damage to both societies, Palestinian and Israeli. I have seen for myself what life is like for Palestinians who encounter checkpoints and Israeli intimidation daily and recognise that the time has come to act: we must not remain silent on this matter.
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Rt Revd. Michael Langrish, Bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter
I very much welcome this initiative. There is no hope for the Middle East without a Just Peace for Palestine as one of its foundation stones. In turn the pursuit of Justice requires a commitment to Truth. This new project is necessary, timely and deserving of wide support in seeking to build a strong grassroots movement for peace, justice, truth and hope.
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Rt Revd. Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester
I am glad to give my support to A Just Peace for Palestine. The effects of the worsening situation, upon Palestinians and upon Israelis, upon the broader situation across the Middle East, and on relations in this country between Jewish and Christian individuals and groups, become ever more damaging. AJPfP perseveres in believing that a 'just peace' remains obtainable, and seeks to mobilise as many people and groups as possible to work more imaginatively to achieve it.
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Rt Revd. Stephen Platten, Bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield
Conflict in Palestine has affected us all – and for most people it has done so throughout a life-time. This is not an apologia for apathy but a call to renewed effort. A Just Peace for Palestine rallies that effort by bringing together Christians, Muslims and Jews to work together locally for peace and justice. In all this our hope does not wane but instead emboldens us. This initiative deserves all our support.
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Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham councillor
This is a fantastic initiative and a chance for people of different backgrounds to work together and make a difference.
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Sami Awad, Holy Land Trust
A wonderful opportunity for all those who want to play a role in bringing an end to the occupation of Palestine. This campaign will inspire and motivate involvement and creativity in order to achieve peace: equality and justice for all those who live in Palestine/Israel.
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Shane Claiborne, author, activist - simpleway.org
Gates and walls are dangerous things that insulate us from suffering and provide a cheap, counterfeit security. Groups like 'A Just Peace for Palestine' are committed to tearing down the walls so that we can see injustice and be moved to action. Then we can see in the faces of the oppressed our own faces and in the hands of the oppressors our own hands... and be freed up to pursue the sort of justice that sets both the oppressed and the oppressors free.
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Steve Chalke MBE Founder, Oasis Global & Stop The Traffik
Just peace is the only real peace. Any peace without justice is suppression by another name, the soil in which bitterness takes root. For this reason I commend the work of 'A Just Peace for Palestine' whose work is, I believe, close to the heart of God and to the well-being of the whole world.
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The Archbishop of Wales, Dr. Barry Morgan
The longer things continue as they are, ordinary Palestinians only grow more resentful and conflict resolution remains a distant prospect. 'A Just Peace for Palestine' reminds us that we are all involved - what happens to one person or nation affects us all because we belong to one undivided humanity.
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