PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Jul. 20, 2011
In 2005,
Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment
and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and
Palestinian rights. Pray for success in this campaign despite Israel’s
increasingly punitive responses.
Doug Pritchard
Christian
Peacemaker Teams
Toronto,
Canada
Get Ryan’s thoughts and the entire bulletin every Friday in your inbox, and don’t miss out on news from the teams, a list of what we’re reading and information on ways to take action.
Here’s what we’ve seen this week: Israeli parliamentarians celebrated as they passed a death-penalty law targeting Palestinians. They popped the champagne, and wore lapel pins
Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, 14 people have been killed and 93 have been injured in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Sami Rasouli, founder of Muslim Peacemaker Teams and long time friend of CPT, reflects on a life of peacemaking between Najaf and the Twin Cities, on the legacy of the US occupation of Iraq, and the principles we must hold on to in wartime.