The 2024 Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Awards were given to Rabbis for Ceasefire and the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), and the Concejo de Autoridades de 48 Cantones de Totonicapán of Guatemala; and a slain former awardee was honored. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue of NewsNotes. The Institute for Policy…
Art Laffin offers the following reflection on the experience on March 21 of being arrested alongside twelve other members of Christians for Ceasefire while wearing pictures of the destruction in Gaza and singing hymns of peace in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office building. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue…
Prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC, more than 200 global bishops and Christian leaders, including Sr. Teresa Hougnon, president of the Maryknoll Sisters and Susan Gunn, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, call for world leaders to institute a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, halt of offensive arms sales to Israel, and prevention of a broader regional war.
Thousands of U.S. Catholics have signed an open letter to Pres. Biden calling for a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza as threats of starvation grow in the Palestinian enclave.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and other Christian groups stand with Muslims, Jews, and others in praying, demonstrating, and advocating for a ceasefire and sustainable, just peace in the Middle East.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 70 national groups representing millions of Americans in a letter to Congress urging a vote in favor of S.Res.504, Senator Bernie Sanders’ resolution under Section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. § 2304) requiring a report on Israel’s human rights practices and U.S. military aid to Israel.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the 60 faith and civil society groups that signed a letter to Congress requesting their help de-escalate the violence and stop further loss of life.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the 27 faith groups that signed a letter to Congress requesting their help de-escalate the violence and stop further loss of life.
After roughly 14 years, the severe restrictions on Gaza have left nearly 2 million people with severely limited access to clean water, electricity, and food.
The shifts in U.S. policy and approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Developments in U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine since the beginning of the Trump Administration have had a negative impact on Palestinians and the prospects for peace for Israel and Palestine.
