A Palestinian Quaker’s Perspective On The War In Gaza
On our final episode of Season 2, we sit down with a US-based Palestinian Quaker who works with refugees. He shares what it was like to grow up in Palestine under Israeli occupation, his views on pacifism in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, and how he’s trying to live out his Quaker faith.
We know this is a complicated topic, and this episode presents just one person’s perspective. We welcome listener comments and ways that you are navigating this topic as Friends. Please leave your thoughts below.
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Recorded, written, and edited by Georgia Sparling. Co-hosted by Jon Watts.
Original music and sound design by Jon Watts (Listen to more of Jon’s music here.)
Mixed and mastered by Studio D.
Supported by listeners like you (thank you!!)
Episode artwork uses an image from Free Vector Maps
Recommended reading and nonprofit organizations
Our guest recommends
- More Desired than Our Owne Salvation by Robert O. Smith
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha
- The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand
- Journalists on Instagram:
Max Carter recommends
We also asked retired Guilford College professor Max Carter, who has visited Palestine and worked with Palestinians since the Vietnam War, to suggest some books and organizations.
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
- Occupied with Nonviolence by Jean Zaru (a Palestinian Quaker)
- Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Saed Atshan (a Palestinian Quaker)
- Palestine and Israel: A Personal Encounter by Max Carter
- Annice Carter’s Life of Quaker Service in Palestine by Alexander, Carter, and Marcinko
- Some other Palestinian Christian perspectives:
- Blood Brothers: The Dramatic Story of a Palestinian Christian Working for Peace in Israel by Elias Chacour
- The Cross in Contexts by Raheb and Henderson
- Christ at the Checkpoint: Blessed Are the Peacemakers by Kohl and Isaac
- Organizations:
- Sabeel, the Palestinian Liberation Theology center.
- Breaking the Silence, an organization of Israeli military veterans
- American Friends Service Committee
