Video timestamps:
0:00 Carol LaHurd - History and context
17:30 Ryan LaHurd - How language is being used as a tool in this context
32:40 Raneem Salem - Personal essay on the lifelong impact of the Occupation of Palestine

Click here to read Raneem’s essay.

Click here to view the “take-aways” sheet.

Click here to view a sheet of links to comprehensive background information, including articles, essays, videos, podcasts, and more.

Calls for Action:

Call your lawmakers today and urge them to take a stand for an immediate ceasefire. Visit 5calls.org to easily be guided through calling your representatives with pre-populated scripts and numbers based on your zip code.
ELCA Call for a cease-fire
Support Lutheran Disaster Response here.
Ways to take action from Churches for Middle East Peace (of which ELCA is an active member)
Action Toolkit: Demand Ceasefire in Gaza (Collective Resource document with links and scripts to call and email your representatives in Congress)
Call to protect Gaza civilians from B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Background:

Find updated resources and statements from the ELCA here.
Our companion, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Dar Al-Kalima University Gaza program, with Lutheran President Mitri Raheb
The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem Statement on the Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
The Situation in Gaza: A Briefing (Webinar, Foundation for Middle East Peace)
"The Root of Violence Is Oppression" - (Blog, Jewish Voice for Peace)
Ceasefire Now Resolution from U.S. Reps. Bush, Tlaib, Carson, Lee, and Ramirez
History and background from the United Nations
Gaza background from the Israeli non-profit Gisha