Transfer at Qalandiya
By Sarah Stern
I’m running to catch the bus. I’m trying not to run too fast, so as not to alarm anyone. The bus is sitting in traffic, so I probably won’t miss it anyway, but in this moment, I’m on edge. The news is especially bad today.
My colleague just did his final U-turn in our back-route tour of Palestine,
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Rubber Bullets
By Sarah Stern
I learned about these in the eleventh grade – Israeli rubber-coated bullets. Today, I picked one up – I had never actually seen one before. The biggest seemed much bigger than I expected, less like a bullet and more like a bath plug stamped “Israeli police.”
“One pierced just next to my right eye and shattered the bones of my socket,” our host at Aida Palestinian refugee camp tells us,
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By Todd Deatherage
Seven years ago — after months of dreaming, seeking wise counsel, and planning — my friend and colleague Greg Khalil filed the necessary paperwork to create a new Washington-based nonprofit. As if there weren’t enough of those already. But this one would have its own unique mission, and a bold one at that: to bring together a new pro-Israeli,
...Read MoreNo Normal Circumstances
As I coast up Galilee hills on my away to Tzfat, an Israeli city known to my community as a refuge of Jewish mysticism, I receive a news update on my iPhone that suspends the magic. It’s almost Shabbat, and Haaretz news is reporting a significant shooting at a pub located in the heart of Tel Aviv,
...Read MoreWashington Post Article
Today, Telos was featured in the Washington Post. Read about “how some influential evangelicals are challenging a decades-long stance of blanket support for Israel’s government.” Share the article and help spread the pro/pro/pro peacemaking message.
...Read MoreA Bittersweet Jerusalem
by Sarah Stern
I am biting into a Hanukah sufganiyah, a seasonal jelly doughnut, in the middle of the outdoor market of West Jerusalem, coming home from the Telos office. I am holding the bright red pole of a squeegee mop that I just purchased. It’s an innocent picture, but during these tense days in West Jerusalem,
...Read MoreThe Refugee Challenge
by Todd Deatherage
It is often said that we are a nation of immigrants, and since our founding and throughout our brief history, America has also been a refuge for people fleeing war, violence, repression, and persecution.
We all know the story of religious dissidents who were among the earliest immigrants to our shores.
...Read MoreTelos 2017 Conference Dates Announced
March 7-9, Washington, D.C.: In March, 2017 leaders of the emerging pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian, pro-peace movement will gather in Washington D.C. This event will reunite the Telos leadership network and equip emerging leaders with the knowledge, relationships, and resources to substantially grow the pro/pro/pro peacemaking movement. For more information please contact [email protected].
...Read MoreThank you to 2015 Telos Leadership Gathering attendees
To every person in attendance at the 2015 Telos Leadership Gathering, and to our friends and colleagues who could not join us:
You are the pro/pro/pro peacemaking movement and the heart of Telos. Thanks you for your leadership, dedication, and relentless pursuit of the common good. Thank you for banding together in such rich diversity towards a common goal.
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