From the Rev. Michael Yoshii, Buena Vista United Methodist Church in California, an urgent message: Land confiscation orders were issued on Sunday, August 31st by the Israeli government for settlement expansion in the West Bethlehem District of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The action will annex nearly 1000 acres of Palestinian land. Directly impacted by this order is the village of Wadi Foquin, a Community Development site supported by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Below is a link to a New York Times story on the land confiscation orders: nytimes/2014/09/01/world/middleeast/israel-claims-nearly-1000-acres-of-west-bank-land-near-bethlehem.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpHeadline&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 The Friends of Wadi Foquin (FOWF) is a partnership with the village of Wadi Foquin started in August 2009 initiated through United Methodist churches in the California-Nevada Annual Conference. Through our efforts, Wadi Foquin has been designated as a community development site through the General Board of Global Ministries, as well as an Advance site for giving. We also organized a Capitol Hill briefing on Wadi Foquin in November 2013 addressing the impact of the Israeli military occupation and the existential threats facing the village. From me: You dont have to be Methodist to care about this. This is an illegal land grab. Please email or call your two senators and your congressional representative and say: I object to Israels latest illegal land-grab and ask that you work to stop it.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 19:24:18 +0000
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