#63 With Jonathan Kuttab of Palestine, co-founder of Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and co-founder of Nonviolence International: “Most Christian Palestinians are nonviolent peacemakers, and have been since the 1st century,”
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Fr. John Dear interviews Jonathan Kuttab about the nonviolent resistance of Christian Palestinians and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Today I speak with Jonathan Kuttab on Palestine. He is the executive director of FOSNA, Friends of Sabeel North America, the best Christian solidarity group working with Palestinians for peace. Jonathan is also co-founder of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and co-founder of Nonviolence International. A well-known international human rights attorney, Jonathan practices in the US, Palestine and Israel. He serves on the Board of Bethlehem Bible College and is President of the Board of Holy Land Trust. He was the head of the Legal Committee negotiating the Cairo Agreement of 1994 between Israel and the PLO. “ The war on Gaza is continuing even today ,” he told me just before the US/Israel declared illegal war on Iran. “ They're refusing medicine, food, journalists, aid, and they're using the ceasefire to continue the genocide. The world is allowing this to continue, and it breaks my heart. ” Jonathan explains why most Christian Palestinians are nonviolent peacemakers, and have been since the 1st century. His conclusion: "Violence does not work. It does not deliver what it is supposed to deliver. " FOSNA promotes the vision of Sabeel Jerusalem, an ecumenical liberation…
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