Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) condemns Netanyahu’s annexation of Palestinian land, demands shift in purported peace plan

September 17th, 20190 WASHINGTON — On the heels of the Israeli prime minister election and with the U.S. administration preparing to release the political component of its purported peace plan for Israel and Palestine, 22 Christian leaders, including the Churches for Middle East Peace Executive Director Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, wrote a letter to President...

Seventy U.S. lawmakers urge for immediate humanitarian aid for Gaza

August 4th, 20180 GAZA — Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are urging the Trump administration to immediately reinstate U.S. aid in order to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israel has seized a boat and detained almost two dozen people as they were trying to reach Gaza by sea with a cargo of medical...