IPMN's 223rd GA (St. Louis) Report
The following are the IPMN documents and links for the advocacy during the
223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
St. Louis, Missouri
June 16 - 23, 2018
Click here for PC(USA) website for 223rd GA
To keep track of GA business for current and past assemblies: see pc-biz.org.
IPMN Press Release, June 23rd at adjournment of 223rd GA
Report on Actions of 223rd GA, June 21, 2018
IPMN Schedule at 223rd GA - Luncheon speaker, booth talks, and more
IPMN Voter Guide for Commissioners, based on our GA mandate, we recommend the following votes for overtures at the GA
Human Impacts postcard - the impact of not having a peace agreement, in maps and numbers [footnotes found here]
Why are the Palestinians in Gaza protesting? & Colonialism exposed as Gaza resists and protests [2 pg PDF]
Palestine Refugees by Numbers [source: al-awda.org]
Palestinians are the largest and longest suffering group of refugees in the world.
One in three refugees world wide is Palestinian.
There are about 7.2 million Palestinian refugees worldwide.
More than 4.3 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants displaced in 1948 are registered for humanitarian assistance with the United Nations.
Another 1.7 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants, also displaced in 1948, are not registered with the UN.
About 355,000 Palestinians and their descendants are internally displaced i.e. inside present-day “Israel”.
When the West Bank and Gaza Strip were occupied in 1967, the UN reported that approximately 200,000 Palestinians fled their homes. These 1967 refugees and their descendants today number about 834,000 persons.
As a result of house demolition, revocation of residency rights and construction of illegal settlements on confiscated Palestinian owned-land, at least 57,000 Palestinians have become internally displaced in the occupied West Bank. This number includes 15,000 people so far displaced by the construction of Israel’s Annexation Wall.
Such dispossession of the Palestinian population continues today.
IPMN's new publication, Why Palestine Matters, and Video clips for each chapter
Statements from PC(USA) partners:
Open letter from The National Coalition of Christian Organizations in Palestine (NCCOP) to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement - basis for overture 12-04
Public Witness Report by WCRC, World Communion of Reformed Churches, General Council 2017: Palestine— An Urgent Issue of Faith for the World Communion
Yes, Zionism is Settler Colonialism, by Rabbi Brant Rosen