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EMERGENCY SUMMIT FOR GAZA WITH RAINBOW PUSH COALITION, live in Chicago, Jan. 12-13, 2024 Video clips

January 15, 2024 No Comments

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SECURE A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, featuring Congressman Jonathon Jackson, Dr. James Zogby, and Ariel Gold, facilitated by John Nicols A ceasefire is the immediate priority: to stop the killing, to allow unimpeded humanitarian aid to flow, and to ensure reconstruction in Gaza begins. A ceasefire is also essential to begin to lay the path to accountability

Where Are the Tears?

November 3, 2023 No Comments

By Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler & Ariel Gold When Benjamin Netanyahu boasts of “hellfire” being rained down on Gaza, he is correct. “Hellfire” has rained down on Gaza creating one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. But what Israel’s prime minister gets wrong is that this crisis dates back long before Hamas’ October 7 attack. Hell on earth

Faith statements and Faith actions regarding a ceasefire in Gaza

October 26, 2023 No Comments

Because the number of organizations demanding a ceasefire in Gaza — as well as offering resources for action — is growing enormously day after day, we invite you to access our Ceasefire Statement Tracker here. The tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet divide the listings into several categories (representatives, faith organizations, civil society organizations etc). This listing will be

FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023 No Comments

Statement from the Oldest Peace Group in the U.S. on the Outbreak of Another Gaza War

October 7, 2023 No Comments

Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-76c724@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gro.asurofobfsctd-283132@nalyarG | (202) 302-0307 October 7, 2023 – The Fellowship of Reconciliation is horrified at the new war that has just broken out in Israel/Palestine. FOR, a pacifist organization since its conception in 1914 in Europe and 1915 in the United States, condemns the initiation of this latest

The Rev. Wolfgang Rothe blesses Christine Walter and Almut Muenster during a service at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church on Sunday in Munich.

Oldest Interfaith Organization in the World Welcomes Pope Francis’s Support for Blessing Same-Sex Unions

October 4, 2023 No Comments

Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-894942@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Bill McGarvey | gro.asurofobfsctd-91d04f@yevragcmllib | (201) 725-4202 October 3, 2023 — As the oldest interfaith organization in the world, the Fellowship of Reconciliation welcomes and applauds the letter Pope Francis sent on Monday, October 3, 2023, suggesting that the Catholic church can bless same-sex unions. While the Vatican still defines marriage as exclusively being between