Year: 2021

American Muslim civil-advocacy groups have denounced what they called Israeli aggression on unarmed Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque. The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of major national, regional, and local Muslim organizations and Islamic institutions, strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli violence …

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Suburban Palestinians and Jews say they feel a swell of emotions ranging from fear, anger and distress over concern for friends and family members to glimmers of hope for a peaceful end to the escalating violence and rising death toll in the Gaza Strip, occupied West Bank and Israel. The situation has sparked widespread Palestinian …

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The Friends Committee on National Legislation today joined Churches for Middle East Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and Defense of Children International – Palestine in sending a letter urging President Biden to block the delivery of $735 million in weapons to Israel. The letter was signed by more than 100 national organizations, including Justice …

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