Interfaith Letter

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Senator Schumer, and President Biden,

We, clergy and other religious leaders, call on you to act immediately to pressure the Israeli government to halt its ongoing plans to forcefully displace Indigenous Palestinian families from their homes in Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, and to end U.S. military funding to Israel, which perpetuates apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.

Most recently, during the Aug. 2 court hearing for four Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, the colonial Israeli High Court neglected to make a ruling and instead attempted to pressure Palestinian families into giving up their land rights in exchange for so-called “tenant protection”. The only reason the Israeli government has not yet expelled these families is because the world is watching. “They’re hoping to ethnically cleanse us in silence and darkness,” said Mohammed El-Kurd of Sheikh Jarrah. Unless there’s international pressure, the Israeli government will proceed with plans to expel Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in occupied Jerusalem as well as other threatened areas of Palestine—and that’s why we, as religious leaders, urgently call on you to take action.

In the Al Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, the Israeli government has already begun demolitions in the name of religious tourism, planning to demolish the homes of as many as 1,500 Palestinian people in order to build a religious theme park on stolen Palestinian land. The Israeli government destroyed Nidal al-Rajabi’s butcher shop, their forces later shooting his son Harbi in the back while he was on the way to the mosque to pray. Israel also forced the Nassar family to self-demolish their home or pay $60,000 in exorbitant demolition costs. The demolition freeze for 16 homes in this neighborhood expired on August 15, placing more Palestinian people in danger of expulsion and ethnic cleansing. Israel’s Jerusalem municipality has already changed their name for the neighborhood to “Gan Hamelekh (The King's Garden)” in plans to erase the Palestinian presence and history.

Using religion to dispossess people of their homes and lands based on their ethnicity is deeply unlawful and an infringement on human rights. Building a “biblical theme park” on stolen Palestinian land is an affront to all people of faith. And we know that the Israeli government’s destruction of Palestinian homes and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Silwan and Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem is part of a long and violent history across all of Palestine, which the U.S. has funded for decades. We will not allow religion to be used to continue the flow of our tax dollars to demolish homes and displace people.

While the Israeli government seeks to use religion to divide, displace, and dehumanize, we come together from our unique traditions in unity to collectively call for justice. While every faith demands justice, including for the Palestinian people, we share here prophetic calls to solidarity from the three faiths with holy sites in Jerusalem:

• In Islam we are taught by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that peace should be sought with justice so that the truth may prevail and that conditions for peace are created while preserving people’s rights. We are also taught that in the absence of justice and a voice that advocates for it, a force that protects it, and vanguards that defend it, oppression and injustice will dominate. The Quran states in chapter 22 verse 40: “And were it not that Allah checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.”

• In Judaism we are taught "The stones [of your biblical theme park] will cry out from the wall, and rafters shall respond from the woodwork! Shame on those who build a city with bloodshed and establish a town by injustice and violence!” (Habbakuk 2: 11, 12; analysis by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, JVP Rabbinic Council). The prophet Habbakuk speaks for Jewish people today. What a shameful perversion of religious life: profiting from forced dislocation of innocent people, forcing Palestinian families to endure trauma and distress, poverty and death in order to build a biblical theme park! How long will the U.S. government permit the desecration of our common humanity through corruption of the most sacred standard of religion, love your neighbor as yourself, in order to build a biblical theme park on stolen land? Israel is demanding families destroy their own homes so tourists can have a ‘biblical experience’? Do what is right in the sight of the Lord. Do not allow this travesty to take place. Surely your God would not want this.

• In Christianity we are taught that the work of God is to liberate the oppressed. Grounded in the prophetic tradition, Jesus describes his ministry, “the Spirit of the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind and to let the oppressed go free” (Luke 4:18-19). As followers of Jesus, Christians are called to stand with the Palestinian people who have been robbed of their land and resources, to demand release for the captives of occupation now being expelled from their homes, to expose the ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem so the world can see clearly the crimes committed there, and to work for the freedom of the oppressed Palestinians. As followers of Jesus, we join our voices to declare home demolitions and expulsions to be unjust, inhumane, and against the work of God.

We are moved to principled solidarity with the Palestinian right to remain and right to return by our own intertwined, but unique, experiences here in the U.S. with racist displacement uprooting and tearing apart our communities. We recognize that our country is itself a settler colony that, like Israel, has sought to violently erase Indigenous people from the start. 

The only way to defeat white supremacy everywhere is to consistently show up in solidarity anywhere marginalized communities are under threat. We call on you to loudly condemn these expulsions in Jerusalem and across all of Palestine and to stop the flow of our tax dollars for Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

Signed,

Rev. Ariel Aaronson-Eves, Hospice Chaplain, UU

Imam Muhammad Abbasi, Islamic Center of Macon 

Imam Khalid Abdul Fattah Griggs, Imam, Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, ICNA Council for Social Justice

Imam Abu Ishaq Abdul Hafiz, Masjid Al-Shareef Long Beach CA 

Betsy Abrams, Boston Worker's Circle

Murjan Abu Mahmoud, Dareleman center 

Rev. Fahed AbuAkel, Joining Hands for Justice in Palestine & Israel

Eman Abunada, AMP

Mohammed Abusamieh, Board member, Al-Madinah Community Center

Ariel Ackermann, First Church in Cambridge, United Church of Christ

Adna Adnan Dibas, Follower

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Imam, Dar-adh-dhikr Mosque; Muslim Chaplain, American University

Asma Ahmad, Islamic Center of Johnson County (ICJC)

Ahsan Ahsan Syed, Shaikh

Shaheen Akhtar, Interfaith Liaison for Muslim Community at Large

Naila Al Hasan, University of Maryland Muslim Student Association 

Ayman Al-Hendy, Mecca Center

AbduRahman Alamoudi, Muslim Chaplain in Inova Hospital

Mohamed Albadawi, Islamic Society of Greater KC

Rev. Catherine L. Alder, Central Pacific Conference Palestine Israel Network

John Alder, Member Westminster UCC

Shaukhat Ali, Founder & Executive Director of Rohingya American Society (RAS)

Shaykh Shahid Ali, Islamic Society of Orange County 

Mahmoud Alkhalili, Masjed of Riverside 

Mary Allen, Chair of Stewardship, Church of St  Asaph, Bala Cynwyd, PA

Yahya Almontaser, Islamic Mission of America 

Imam Osama Alrefai, Imam

Arshad Ameen, Memphis Interfaith 

Rev. Dr. John Anderson, Co-Moderator, Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

JL Angell, Presbyterian Lay Leader

Chaplain William Antoun, Chaplain Islamic Organization of North America

Imam Mohammad Asi, Islamic Center

Umair Aslam, House of Worship

Naim Assil, Islamic Council of New England 

Imam Tarik Ata, Religious Director, Orange County Islamic Foundation

Ali, Imam Bagegni, Imam of Northwest Islamic Center 

Imam Naeem Baig, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center 

Bakr Bakr Teebi, Mission Viejo Mosque

Fadi BANYALMARJEH, Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City

Nidal Barakat, Board Member of ISSV

M. Theresa Basile, Communications Director, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)

Nabil Bayakly, LeMoyne Owen College

Alice Beauchamp, Jews Against the Occupation

The Rev. Judith Beck, Priest, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania 

Lindsay Bell, Episcopal Church Fellow

Curtis Bell, President, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East

Lisa Bender, Co-Chair, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)

David Benedict, Member, St. Martin's Episcopal Church

David Bentley, Retired Missionary, Teacher, Current Author

Rev. John Bergen, Pastor, Germantown Mennonite Church

Betsy Betsy Berman, Shambhala Meditation Center of Atlanta

Asghar Bhatti, Iowa City Mosque

Imam Yaser Birjas, Valley Ranch Islamic Center (VRIC)

Len and Judy Bjorkman, Presbyterian 

Jean Blackie, Pastor in the United Methodist Church

Susan Blain, Unitarian Universalist Society of Gardner

Elizabeth Block, Canadian Friends Service Committee

Dr. Todd Boerger, Director of Spiritual Practice

Rev. Stephen Brackens-Brinkley, Pastor/Director Human Rights Fellowship Church

Mullah Bradar, Kabul Jewish Temple

Rev. Martha Brimm, Prison Chaplain

Rev. Eileen Brower Sypher, United Church of Chester

Robert Brown, United Church in University Place

Rev. Harry J Bury, PhD

Rev. Dr. Randy Bush, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Rev. Faye Buttrick, Member, South Church United Church of Christ

Fr. Michael Calabria, Franciscan Friar

Protodeacon Rand Urban Carter, Protodeacon Cathedral of the Theotokos of Great Gracece

Thomas, Local Coordinator Casey, Pax Christi Western NY

Rev. Dana Cassell, Pastor, Peace Covenant Church of the Brethren

Imam Atif Chaudhry, Imam of Islamic Society of Greater Charlotte 

Ghulam  Chaudhry, Member, Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City

Rev. Dr. Diana Cheifetz, Minister Member, San Francisco Presbytery

Fr. Carl Chudy, D.min, Metrowest Interfaith Dialogue Project

Barbara Clark, Moderator of Presbyterian PC(USA) Women Synod of the Pacific 

Michael Clifford, Retired Pastoral Counselor ELCA

Rev. Carolyn Close Grohman, Retired Minister, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

The Rev. Ann S. Coburn, Episcopal, Palestine Israel Network/Episcopal Peace Fellowship 

Dr. Pauline M. Coffman, Co-Moderator, Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church, USA

Rev. Chad Collins, Pastor

Rev. Jim Conn, United Methodist Church

David Coolidge, Virgin Mary Islamic Center

Gretchen Crawford, Former Convener Episcopal Peace Fellowship - Maine chapter 

Rabbi Meryl Crean, Jewish Voice for Peace - Rabbi

Areta Crowell, Pasadena Presbyterian Church 

Rev. Katherine Cunningham, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Israel Palestine Mission Network

The Rev. E. Clifford Cutler, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network; Board Member, Christian Jewish Allies for a Just Peace for Israel Palestine

Fr. Nicholas Dahdal, Retired Priest 

Muamar Dahnoun, Imam at IAR 

Adam Daif, Mosque of Williamsburg (Virginia)

John Darlington, Palestine Israel Justice Project, United Methodist Church

Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Pastor Emeritus Davidson, Executive Director, Voices for Justice in Palestine

Janet Davies, Member First Baptist Church in America and former president Baptist Peacemakers of RI and presently a member of BPFNA

Rev. Dr. Walter T Davis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Rev. Rod Debs, pastor, Unitarian Universalist Congregations of Greenville, NC, ret.

Rev. Joan C. Deming, United Methodist clergy

Joanne DeVoe, Governing Board Member, Bell St. Chapel, Unitarian Universalist Church

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey DeYoe, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Fort Myers, Florida

Joseph Dillard, Integral Deep Listening

Betsy Disharoon, Board Chair, First Congregational Church of Milton

Abdelhafid Djemil, President, Majlis Ash-Shura: Islamic Leadership Council of NY

Shannon Donahue, President of the Governing Board, Bell Street Chapel, New England UUA

Rev. Fr. Paul Dordal, Christian Alliance For Peace

Rev. Diane Dulin, Clergy United Church of Christ 

Rev. Anne Dunlap, Faith Organizing Coordinator, Showing Up for Racial Justice

Micky Duxbury, Justice leader, First Unitarian Church of Oakland

The Very Rev. M.E. Eccles , Rector 

Imam AlAziz Eddebbarh, Enrolled Imam Graduate Program, Hartford Seminary

Jonathan Eddison, Elder and teacher, University Presbyterian Church Austin

Imam John Ederer, Muslim Community Center, Charlotte

Imam Elbakri, Imām Saratoga 

Sarah  Elkamhawy, Islamic relief USA

Rabbi Diane Elliot, Wholly Present

Jamal Farhan, Doctor 

Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Activist

Virginia Feldman, Chair, Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice, Central Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon

The Rev. Lisa Fischbeck, The Episcopal Church of the Advocate

Joanne Fitzgerald, Ordained Minister - ELCA Lutheran 

Dave Fitzgerald, Christ the King parish (Catholic), Minneapolis, MN, Social Justice Committee

J. David Follett, Former American Baptist Missionary

Steve France, Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Rev. Cheryl Frank, Greece Baptist Church

Ronald Getz, Member, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

Dr. Burhan Ghanayem Ghanayem, Member, Jamaat Ibad Ar Rahman, Durham, NC

Gregory Gillis, Roman Catholic Secondary School Educator

Sarah González-López, Pastoral De Mujeres Y Justicia De Género

Reverend Mother Marcy Gordon, First Church of Consciousness Transformation

Raymond T Gordon, Roman Catholic

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Shomeret Shalom Global Congregation

Audrey Greene, Head of worship committed at Bell Street Chapel, a UUA congregation

Rev. John Gregory-Davis, Co-Pastor, Meriden Congregational Church, UCC

Rev. Susan Gregory-Davis, Co-Pastor, Meriden Congregational Church, UCC

The Reverend Canon Brian Grieves, Episcopal Priest

Paz Griot, Sangha Leader

The Rev. David Grishaw-Jones, Pastor, The Community Church of Durham (NH)

Rev. Penelope Guntermann, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rev. Robert Hall, OSL, President, Christian Council of Delmarva

Khalid Hamideh, General Counsel, Islamic Association of North Texas

Azmera Hammouri-Davis, Black Christians For Palestine

Imam Suleiman Hani, Lecturer, Islamic Center of Detroit

Mohamed Haq, Director

Claudette Harring, ECSW Global Mission Team, Chairperson

David Hartsough, San Franicisco Friends Meeting

Imam Taha Hassane, Islamic Center of San Diego 

Rev. Jane Hawken, Pastor, United Church of Christ 

Marilaurice Hemlock, Community Life Coordinator, Spirit of St. Stephen's Catholic Community

The Rev. Dr. Anita Hendrix, Retired Pastor

Lisa Henschel, Taking Action Coalition

Randall Heyn-Lamb, Steering Committee Member, Episcopal Peace Fellowship's Palestine Israel Network 

The Rev. Elice Higginbotham, United Church of Christ, Retired Clergy

Rev. Marcia L Hoffman, United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Rabbi of the Tikkun Olam Chavurah

Pastor Jim Hopkins, Senior Minister, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Don Michael Hudson, Presbyterian USA

Jess Huetteman, Music Director, Bell Street Chapel UU

Judith Hunt, Active member of First Unitarian Church of Oakland 

Rev. Maggie Hurst, Clergy, Grace Baptist Church

Sister Pauline Igoe, Dominican Sister

Nabeel Ismael, ICCI

Hind Jarrah, NTIC, DFW interfaith Dialogue 

Rev. Paul Jeffrey, United Methodist Church

Katherine Jesch, First Unitarian Church of Portland Oregon

Gretchen Jo, Retired formation director, Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, Chapel Hill, NC

Anne Joh, Professor, United Methodist

Rev. Sandi John, Spiritual Director, Soul Awakening

Sandra Johnson, Clerk, Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Trenton Meeting of Friends

Rev. Dr. Lyn Juckniess, Presbytery of San Francisco

Mohammad Kamali, Founding CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies

Moustafa Kamel, West Coast Islamic Center

Norman Kansfield, Minister, Reformed Church in America

Obair Katchi, Imam, Corona Masjid

Rabbi Ariana Katz, Hinenu: The Baltimore Justice Shtiebl

Rev. Myra Kazanjian, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Pgh., PA

Ousainou  Keita, Al Iman Center of Iowa Inc

Rev. Sophia Keller, International Fellowship of Isis, Independent Affiliate

Rev. Lisa Kenkeremath, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Singh Sahib Siri Karm Singh Khalsa, Minister of Sikh Dharma

Abdool Khan, Resident Scholar 

Dr. Richard Kimball, Clerk, Galway Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Ireland Yearly Meeting

Timothy King, Jewish Voice for Peace

Ireneusz Kryczka, Minister 

Nazradeen lallmohamed, Ustad/Teacher

Nino Lama, Church of Bethlehem, NY

The Very Reverend William Lane, Delaware Churches for Middle East Peace

Kevin Lattner, Amos project, 1st Church of Lombard UCCRep

Judith l Lee, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Jan Lee, BPFNA member

Roger Leisner, United Methodist Church

Yonah Lieberman, Co-Founder, IfNotNow

Robert F. Long, Retired United Methodist Pastor

Damian Lopez, Sacramento Cathedral of the Holy Sacrament

Robin Lorentzen, Professor Emerita

Mary Lucchese, Local Leader, Jewish Voice for Peace

Rev. Dr. Max Lynn, St. John's Presbyterian Church

Rev. Sandra Mackie, Middle East Justice and Peace Group of South Central PA

Diana Maher, Bell Street Chapel, Unitarian Universalist

Sam Makhlouf, St. John Christastum Melkite Church, Atlanta 

Sohaib Marie, ICPC Patterson

Charles Marks, Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

Diana Mashni, Waterbury Islamic culture center 

Dr. Darlene May, Wake Forest University

Rev. Dr. McAllister, Global Leaders in Unity and Evolvement 

Pastor Michael McBride, The Way Church Berkeley, Lead Pastor

Rev. Crystal Silva McCormick, United Church of Christ, Church of the Savior

Dr. Ralph McCoy, Member, Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, NC

Christine McDermott, Lichfield Methodist Church

Alex McDonald, Moderator - Quaker Palestine Israel Network

Jeffrey McElwee, Moderator - Wright Congregational UCC

Janet McFarland, First Unitarian Church of Oakland

Rev. Will McGarvey, East County Shared Ministry (PCUSA-UCC) & Community Presbyterian Church

Rev. Loren McGrail, United Church of Christ

Laura McHenry, MAPS Redmond

Jennifer McKenna, Presbyterian USA

Rev. Fredrica Meitzen, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Lydia Mercado, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

The Rev. David Mesenbring, Episcopal Priest

Philip Metres, member of the Catholic Church

Rev. Darrel Meyers, Presbyterian Church, USA

Rev. MIchael Ware, Pastor

Rev. Dr. Waltrina Middleton, Community Renewal Society

Rev. Michael Minnix, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Harrisburg, PA

Pat Minor, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR), Steering Committee, Chair of Political Committee

Rev. Douglas Mitchell, Clergy, Westminster Presbyterian Minneapolis Emeritus

Rabbi David Mivasair, Ahavat Olam Synagogue, emeritus

Rev. Dr. Randle Mixon, American Baptist Pastor

Osama Mohamed, Youth Mentor - Muslim American Society

Tarek Mohammad, Long Beach Islamic Center

Islam Moheisen, Icpc

Moina Shaiq, Founder, Meet a Muslim

Beryl Moore, Upland First United Methodist Church, retired lay missionary United Methodist Church

Dr. Hadia Mubarak, Scholar-in-Residence, Muslim Community Center of Charlotte

Muhammad Salim Muhammad Salim Qureshi, Masjid Maryam 

Shaykh Suhail Mulla, Islamic Society of West Valley

Rev. Katie Murchison Ross, Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church

Shamshad Muscati, Muslim American Society - Greater Los Angeles Chapter

Sufian Nabhan, Executive Director / Islamic Center of Detroit 

Minister Sarah Nahar, Mennonite Eco-theologian

Khalid Najib, Islamic Center of Greater Kansas City (ICGKC)

Rev. Lauren Lisa Ng, American Baptist Churches 

Johnette Orpinela, Missions co-chair, Kairos-Milwaukie United Church of Christ

Kristen Pajkowski, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

Paul Parker, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, Elmhurst University

Imam Rashid Patch, Ministry of W. D. Mohammed

The Rev. Dr. Allie Perry, Worship Coordinator, Shalom United Church of Christ - New Haven, CT

The Rev. Peter W Peters Ph.D., Retired Episcopal priest

Rev. Darrel Peterson, ELCA Lutheran

Rabbi Lucía Pizarro, Jewish Liberation Theology Institute

Rev. Michael Poage, Pastor, United Church of Christ 

Jesus Portillo, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church 

Dee Poujade, Holy Land Task Force (Annual Conference) Chair, United Methodist Oregon-Idaho Conference

Nora Privitera, Teacher Cloud Hands West Tai Chi Community 

Leon Pulsinelle, Member Trenton Meeting of Friends (Quakers)

Ishmael Qadi, EC Member Islamic Society Greater Kansas City

Rev. Jeanette Quick, Alliance of Baptists 

Trustee Zaid Rahaman, Permanent Trustee - Grenada Islamic Foundation

Hafizur Rahman, Baitul Mamoor Sunni Islamic Center

Darakshan Raja, Co-Director, Justice for Muslims Collective

Rev. Dan Randall, Clergy

Imam Mohammed Rashid, Independent Imam/Muslim Scholar

Rev. Roger Reaber, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Rev. Sarah Reed Jay, Clergyperson, ABCUSA

Rev. Dr. Sarah Reyes, Pastor

Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Rev. Richard Richard Gibson, Palestine Network leader PCUSA

Jeremy Richards, Grant Park Baptist Church

Bonita Richman, First Unitarian Church of Oakland

Peter A. Rodrig-Zoppo III, Students for Justice in Palestine, Montclair State University; Muslim Student Association

Rev. Richard Rogers, Retired Minister

Mary Rogers, Episcopalian, Third Order, Society of St. Francis

Rev. Joe Roos, Peace Mennonite Fellowship

Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago

Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg, Jewish Voice for Peace

Postneshin Hilal Sala, Mevlevi Order of America

Samia Samia Malik, Islamic center of Pa

Bill Scheurer, On Earth Peace, Executive Director

Rowland Selame, Faith leader San Ignacio of Loyola

Mohamad Shafi, Da'wah Coordinat, Islamic Center of Cleveland

Jeri Shaw, First Church of Lombard UCC; Amos Project

Arsim Shefkiu, Assalam Center Boca Raton

Ms Evelyn Sheridan, First Unitarian Church of Oakland, California

Sherrill Futrell, Laity, Davis (CA) UMC

Rev. Dr. Ronald Shive, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC

Ted Shohfi, Church of Reconciliation

Ahmad Shqeirat, Arizona Muslim Alliance 

Rev. John Lester Shriver, Presbyterian

Rev. Christina Sillari, Unitarian Universalist 

The Rev. Dr. L. Don Smith, Pastor

Rev. Toni Smith, Retired UCC Clergy

Sue Smith, Field Personnel, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Newland Smith, Member, Episcopal Peace Fellowship Palestine Israel Network

Louisa Rachel Solomon, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Harry Soloway, Jewish Voice For Peace - Westchester

Dr. Michael Spath, Executive Director, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace

The Rev. Dr. Rochelle A. Stackhouse, Pastor, United Church of Christ

Dorothy Starshine, Quaker

Rev. Jerald Stinson, Senior Minister Emeritus, First Congregational Church of Long Beach, CA

Rev. Martha Stone, Associate Pastor, Henrietta United Church of Christ

Rev. Carly Stucklen Sather, Pastor

Imam Dr. Omar Suleiman, Founder and President, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Pastor Joseph Summers, Pastor of The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation

Rev. Dr. Ed Sunday-Winters, Pastor, Greensboro United Church of Christ

Rev. Dr. Anne A. Swanson, Presbyterian Church USA

Ethel Sweed, Jewish Voice for Peace

Vicki Tamoush, Episcopalian

The Rev. Dr. Allison Tanner, Pastor of Public Witness, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church

Kay Tarazi, Alliance of Baptists

Rev. John H; Thomas, United Church of Christ

Jacqueline Tiefert, religious school teacher

Rebecca Tippens, Center for Cultural Evolution

Rev. Dr. Al Tizon, North Park Theological Seminary

Verna Todd, Elder, Presbyterian Church, USA

The Rev. Canon Richard Toll, Friends of Sabeel North America

Thomas Trueblood, Episcopal Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill NC

Imam Zakir Ullah, WhyIslam.org 

Sheikh Dr. Osman Umarji, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, UCI

Sameena Usman, CAIR Los Angeles, CA ADEM Delegate, CD DNC Delegate

Rev. Medora Van Denburgh, Interfaith

Peggy Vander Meulen, Member, Christian Reformed Church

Dottie Villesvik, First Presbyterian Church in Everett, WA

Sister Deanna Rose von Bargen RSCJ, Society of the Sacred Heart

Rev. Dr. Herman Waetjen, Professor, San Francisco Seminary

Rev. John C. Wagner, Pastor in the United Methodist Church, Co-Chair, United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)

Rev. Don Wagner, Reverend, Presbyterian Church USA

Waleed  Waleed Suleiman, Faith member icsi

Rabbi Brian Walt, Rabbi Emeritus Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinic Cabinet

Rev. Davi Weasley, First Congregational Church of Bellingham

Diane Weible, Conference Minister, Northern California Nevada Conference UCC

Daniel Weinberg, Tzedek Chicago

Rev. Ashlee Wiest-Laird, Pastor, First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain

Rev. Dr. Douglas Wingeier, retired

The Rev. Dr. Tony Wolfe, Retired Presbyterian pastor

Carol Wood, First Unitarian Church of Oakland (CA)

Jeff Wright, Pastor, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Global Ministries

May Ye, Rabbinical Student

Michael Yorke, MTS Student, Candler School of Theology

Rev. Michael Yoshii, Friends of Wadi Foquin

Imam Asad Zaman, Muslim American Society of Minnesota