Our Response to the war in Israel

RESOURCES TO CONSIDER:
OUR RESPONSE TO THE WAR IN ISRAEL

Organizations

The Telos Group

1. Website: https://www.telosgroup.org/

2. Podcast: The Telos Channel

3. Instagram: thetelosgroup

Global Immersion

1. Website: https://globalimmerse.org/

2. Podcast: Everyday Peacemaking

3. Instagram: @globalimmerse

Churches for Middle East Peace 

1. Website: https://cmep.org/

2. Instagram: @churchesformep

Historical/General Context

1. Interactive Free Online History Course (Published by The Telos Group)

2. Q+A Book about Israel-Palestine Conflict

3.  Anti-Semitism Resources from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 

4. Holocaust Resources from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Theology 

1. Principles and Practices of Peacemaking (By Telos Group)

2. Evangelicals and Israel-Palestine Information/Context

3. Chosen? Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict- Walter Brueggeman

4. Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes- Mitri Raheb

Stories/Narratives of Peacemaking [Books]

1. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

2. Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Working for Peace in Israel

Stories/Narratives of Peacemaking [Short Films/Podcasts]

1. Podcast about Israeli Father and Palestinian Father forming the Parents Circle - an alliance of parents of children who have died as result of the conflict

2. [Parents Circle Website]

3. 30 Minute Documentary about Elias Shacour:

4. When forces of the nascent Israeli state destroyed his village, Elias Chacour's life was dramatically changed. Yet he refuses to see an enemy in the people who ruptured life as he knew it. Instead he chooses to see them as his “blood brothers.” But this brotherhood isn’t passivity—it’s accountability. With exemplary love and stubborn resilience, Elias Chacour demonstrates what it means to see humanity in your enemy, while still courageously claiming your own

5. Podcast about Robi Damelin- an Israeli Peacemaker living in Tel-Aviv/Jaffa

6. Part 1

7. Part 2

Advocacy

1. Psalm of Lament, written by Palestinian-American

2. Letter from the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

3. Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians: Sign the Petition