News and Actions

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - PART-TIME CONTRACT 
UNJPPI is seeking an administrative assistant who will provide support to the national coordinating committee.  The position will report to the chair/co-chairs of the coordinating committee.

UNJPPI is a national network of people working through education and advocacy toward the goal of a just peace in Palestine and Israel by calling for an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine and equal rights for all who live in Palestine/Israel.  For more information about UNJPPI's mandate, go to http://www.unjppi.org/mandate.html

For more information about the responsibilities and qualifications, and where to apply, go to Job Posting.

Kairos and other civil society organizations statement on Gaza  
​Kairos Palestine and other faith based organizations had issued a statement with the title “The Palestinian people Are committed to seeking freedom”. Please find it attached and feel free to use it in the way you deem fit!

See Kairos Palestine website.
Responses to Violence on Gaza-Israel Border
See 2 articles posted on the UNJPPI blog in response to the killings on the Gaza -Israeli border.
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Call for More Funding to UN Relief Agency for Palestinians

​​Join the Moderator in calling for increased government funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency, following drastic US cuts.
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The global #DignityIsPriceless campaign seeks to uphold the rights and dignity of Palestinian refugees in light of dramatic reductions to the funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) recently announced by the United States ($60 million planned for this year; was over $350 million in 2017).

Take Action
  1. Write to the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau at Marie-Claude.Bibeau@parl.gc.ca asking the Canadian government to increase its contribution to UNRWA. A sample letter is available.
  2. Share this action with your networks. Use the hashtags #DignityIsPriceless, #ForPalestineRefugees, #UNRWA, and #UCCan.
  3. Post a picture of yourself on social media holding a paper sign with #DignityIsPriceless.
  4. Donate to the UNRWA campaign fund.
​For more information, go to the United Church website. 
2018 Liberation Seder
the Seder will take place in Hamilton, London, and Toronto. This year we will remember the Nakba as well as Land Day. Rabbi David Mivasair has kindly agreed to return from Vancouver to lead the Seder in Hamilton. The Seders in London and Toronto will be lead by our very own Rabbi Lucia Pizarro.
A conversation about Settler Colonialism 
Recorded at the 2017 Gathering in Winnipeg
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​No Way To Treat A Child - Canada Campaign
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UNJPPI has joined the No Way to Treat a Child - Canada campaign.  The 2017 UNJPPI Gathering in Winnipeg Sep 8-10 will focus on the campaign.

Each year the Israeli Military arrests and prosecutes around 700 Palestinian children.

Join the campaign and sign the petition.
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Fifty years ago, Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick first shared his now-famous black-and-red poster print of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara with the world. This time, the subject of his art isn’t a revolutionary leader, like Guevara. It’s a 17-year-old Palestinian girl: Ahed Tamimi. A new print published on Fitzpatrick’s site—which is available to download for free—hails her as the “real Wonder Woman,” and the artist hopes it becomes as far spread as his earlier work.
Published in Newsweek, 2/13/18
Newsletter
UNJPPI Tri-fold Pamphlet
Come & See Visit
Oct 13-23, 2018​
Follow the Middle East Initiative of Global Ministries (UCC-US)
Beit Zatoun Web Site
Beit Zatoun House
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Just Olive Tree Jewelry
JustOliveTree.com is a Canadian-based hand made Jewelry Company, which specializes in unique olive wood jewelry collections. 
The House Canada Built
Read a photo report of the Palestinian house that was re-built by ICAHD with Canadian support .