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Listening to Understand | Ethnic Cleansing


This briefing was compiled by our team in January 2024. Because of the ever-changing nature of the conflict, some of this information (specifically numbers of displaced, killed, and injured people) may not reflect the most current figures.

Since October 7th we’ve all been watching what has unfolded in Israel/Palestine with horror.

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The West Bank | History, Context, and the Current Crisis

This briefing was compiled by our team in November 2023. Because of the ever-changing nature of the conflict, some of this information (specifically numbers of displaced, killed, and injured people) may not reflect the most current figures.

Since October 7th, the eyes of the world have been focused on Gaza and Israel.

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Gaza | Before and After October 7, 2023

This briefing was compiled by our team in November 2023 to provide context for what Gaza was like before the October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas, what conditions in Gaza have been like since, and what it means for us as peacemakers to speak out to promote the security, dignity, freedom, and human rights of ALL people.

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A Reflection on Kenneth Roth & Harvard

By Sarah Sturm

Last week the news broke that Kenneth Roth, the former head of Human Rights Watch, was denied a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School. Dean Douglas Elmendorf refused to approve the fellowship because of the alleged “anti-Israel bias” Human Rights Watch has in their reports. 

While this might seem like an ivory tower issue to some,

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Breakfast with Issa

By Greg Khalil
Telos President and Co-Founder

Almost every day someone will ask me why I bother “wasting” my life on a “hopeless” issue. “Those people [Israelis and Palestinians] have been fighting for thousands of years and they’ll be fighting until the end of days,” the exchange begins.

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Biden and the Real World

 

Todd Deatherage Executive Director

By now, we’ve all seen the Biden-MBS fist bump, a simple gesture of realpolitik, a Covid-era way of saying that “while human dignity may be important, we have real issues to sort out, interests to pursue.” You don’t have to be a purist in believing there should be some coherent connection between U.S.

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Tent of Nations Attacked: What You Can Do

Every Telos trip to Israel/Palestine has spent time at Tent of Nations, the remarkable sustainable farm in western Bethlehem that organizes under the banner “We Refuse to Be Enemies.” As you may have heard, Daoud and Daher Nassar were brutally attacked last week and hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

Details are still emerging about the nature of the attack and the motivation behind it.

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Beyond the ceasefire: Our next steps

Fellow Peacemakers:

We’re relieved that the Israel–Hamas ceasefire seems to be holding.

But now’s the time for us to tune in, not turn away.

As we move beyond the ceasefire, we invite you to consider these 3 Lessons, and to take these 3 Actions.

We cannot bring back the lives lost or erase the deep traumas suffered.

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The Legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Telos team member Sarah Sturm

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. left us many inspirational ideas about nonviolence and a vision for a more just and peaceful world. Each January as we celebrate his legacy, his uplifting quotations circulate and we are reminded of his hope for a better future.

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