Invest In Peace

Salam.

I urge the Methodists to support divestment from companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.
If we don’t encourage peaceful means of ending the occupation, we will be effectively leaving the door open to more violence that will deeply damage Israelis and Palestinians for generations.

Palestinians will continue to resist, because the dynamic of a continued occupation means a slow genocide for them. The conditions of the occupation have drastically pauperized the Palestinian population and worsened all their economic, health and educational levels, especially in recent years.

We need to give Palestinians hope that their non-violent means of struggle (which our Media hardly ever mention) are the best ways to reach the goal of ending the occupation. They desperately need international solidarity– even more than the South Africans needed it to defeat apartheid.

Please also listen to to the voices of Israeli peace activists: Opposing the occupation is the best way to show that you care for Israelis, because there will be no peace as long as the occupation continues.