[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Palestine/Israel conflict

[Patricia Tuecke]

What a wonderful opportunity for you to be participating in. I can’t wait to
hear your stories.  

Take care,

Pat

 

From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of James Wiegel
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:31 AM
To: Colleague Dialogue; OE at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Palestine/Israel conflict

 

Well,\

\judy is in the rv in Denver with one son and his family and \i go back
tomorrow.\\

 



Patricia Tuecke <ptuecke at charter.net> wrote:

I thought you and Judy were in your RV gathering stories.

 

Pat

 

From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of James Wiegel
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 10:55 AM
To: Colleague Dialogue; Dialogue at wedgeblade.net; OE at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Palestine/Israel conflict

 

Jim Wiegel here.  I am in the west bank, near Bethlehem working on a project
to combine ica methods and community development with 2 approaches to
conflict transformation to work on an approach to use.  One of the
participants brought up the deep, mutually antagonistic stories that the
great religions here have about each other and who owns this land.  not
easily dealt with.

KarenBueno at aol.com wrote: 

The Israel/Palestine Issue
by Karen Bueno
7-1-07

I picked up the April issue of "Response" magazine, a publication of United
Methodist Women this morning.  Though it is June, I was behind in my
reading.

This magazine issue dealt with Palestine and Israel, through stories of
women and children who are living in the conflicted areas and through essays
of what needs to happen to stop the violence.

One of the articles is entitled "Understanding Christian Zionism", a term
that refers to the right wing United States churches which preach the second
coming of Jesus.  According to the article, the right wing belief is that
the second coming and the end of the world will happen when the temple is
rebuilt in Jerusalem and the mosques are removed.  Therefore, those
theologians, and the politicians they support, believe that United
States’ financial support of Israel is justified.

Since the United States is supporting Israel, the rest of the Middle East
Muslim countries are angry with the US, and this has led, at least in part,
to the unrest and the terrorist movement.  The authors from the United
Methodist Women are calling for financial divestment in Israel to bring
pressure on the Israelites to stop the violence.  That kind of financial
pressure helped to end apartheid in South Africa, and could help here.

I have greatly simplified the argument, I’m sure, but please respond
with your opinions and facts regarding this peace and justice issue.

*******
Karen Bueno, formerly Karen Wright, spouse of Terrence Wright, served in
Fifth City and other locations of the Ecumenical Institute from 1969 to
1973, then were affiliated with the Denver House.


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