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Open Letter

<h1>Palestinian Christians and Muslims call on faith communities to help end the occupation</h1> <p>April 26, 2018. Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore has endorsed the following open letter. The original is at <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. (Isaiah 59:15b)</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. (Luke 19:41)</em></p> <p>We the undersigned, a group of Palestinian-American Christians from several church traditions, call on all faith communities to:</p> <ul><li>Denounce the Trump administration’s decision...</li></ul>

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Military Spending

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Fundraise for "The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs"

Fundraiser so more people can see the movie "The Nuns, the Priests, and the Bombs."

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Study: Selected Resources

<p><em><br><img src="/storage/app/media/2013TitleMap-PEACE.png" style="width: 576px; height: 255.328px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image credit: Peace Studies Section, International Studies Association</em></p> <p>To form our consciences on issues of war, nonviolence, Just Peace, and justice and injustice, we need to be lifelong learners. The field of peace and justice studies has grown tremendously in recent decades. Universities worldwide offer degrees in Conflict Resolution (or Conflict Transformation), International Peacebuilding, Sustainable Development, and related fields.  </p> <p>The literature has grown accordingly. Below we offer a brief selection of titles that we have found useful. Please share your favorites with us!</p> <h3 dir="ltr"><strong>General C...</strong></h></em></p>

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Drone Warfare

<p><em>Unmanned aerial  vehicles (drones) flown by the U.S. Military and Central Intelligence Agency have killed and maimed thousands of people—including many  innocent men, women, and children—in numerous countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya.<br></em></p> <h2><strong><img src="/storage/app/media/Reaper%20Drone.jpg" style="width: 300px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></strong></h2> <p> <!--[if !vml]--> <!--[endif]--><strong>We decry our government’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) as the new face of war.</strong></p> <p><strong><em>1. </em></strong><strong><em>Drone killing is illegal.</em></strong> Under the U.N. Charter, which is a binding treaty of the U.S., a member state may use military force only in defense to an armed attack or with the authoriz...</p></h></p>

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