A four-part webinar series on implementing the 2021 General Synod resolution

Part 1: Israel’s Oppression of Palestine: It is a ‘Sin,’ Nov. 3, 2021

Part 2: Why We Call Israel’s Oppression ‘Apartheid,’ Nov. 10, 2021

Part 3: Christian Zionism in the Mainline Church and American Civil Religion, Jan. 26, 2022

Part 4: A Human Rights Framework for a Political Solution, Feb. 2, 2022

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A conversation between Mark Weber and Dr. Michael Spath.

“The Weaponization of Antisemitism” explores the expansion of the definition of antisemitism in

order to intimidate and silence those who would criticize Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Arabs. Given this weaponization, how can we have meaningful civil discourse among Jews, as

well as between Jews and Christians?

Mark Weber is a retired university librarian and president of Cleveland Peace Action. He is a

madrikh with the Jewish Secular Community of Cleveland, serves on the steering committee of

Jewish Voice for Peace-Cleveland, and is active in the Palestine solidarity movement in

Cleveland.

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Introducing the Defund Racism campaign, which targets pro-Israeli organizations disguised as 501c(3) charities that fund Israeli settlements, using tax-deductible donations from the United States. These organizations are therefore complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from places like Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, South Hebron Hills and many other places in Palestine. There are currently groups of activists working on Defund Racism campaigns in NY, FL, and PA exposing this racist funding of Israeli settlements.

Speakers: 

• Cody O’Rourke, Defund Racism Campaign, Palestine
• Mahmoud Zwahre a Palestinian grassroots activist and academic from Al Ma’sara village, 10 KM to the south of Bethlehem
• Jonathan Brenneman, Defund Racism organizer in NY, is a Palestinian American Christian and graduate of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He has worked in multiple countries doing Palestine advocacy, human rights monitoring, grassroots organizing, and challenging anti-Arab racism.

Moderator: Michael Spath, Director, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace , Member Global Kairos for Justice 

Sponsors: United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network, Palestinian Christian Alliance For Peace, and the Indiana Center for

Middle East Peace.