Lifting our voices for peace and justice in the Holy Land
“Gaza has become the world’s moral compass”
“Today it’s Palestine. Tomorrow it’s somewhere else because it’s the same mentality. It’s the same ideology of segregation and supremacy.” - Palestinian Christian theologian, pastor, and academic, Rev. Munther Isaac, speaking on Palestine- Awakening the Conscience of the world (video)
“And let me say something about the silent church… the silent church is too loud. And of course they will show up after the genocide, maybe with apologies, maybe with charity… In a world grown numb to suffering, the credibility of our Christian witness is at stake.” - A communal call to Christian lament and repentance (video)
"You cannot claim ignorance when children no longer want to live." – Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in testimony before the United Nations Security Council, May 28, 2025.
Journalist Jehad Abu Shamala raises the call to prayer Adhan amidst the destruction left behind in North Gaza.
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ABOUT US
NorCal Sabeel is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, San Francisco Bay Area-based group dedicated to organizing and participating in events that advance peace and justice for Palestinians. Our mission is to advocate for Palestinian human rights and amplify the voices of Palestinians. We are affiliated with Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), a Christian ecumenical non-profit organization. We condemn all acts of violence against human life, whether committed by states, individuals, or groups.
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NEWS & UPDATES
View World Health Organization Statistics Dashboard showing current Casualty & Heath statistics in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Keep an eye on the Supply & Logistics tab (click topic listed on the left of the WHO page), which hasn’t moved since March, when Israel imposed total seige.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPT, calls for boats to join the Madleen’s effort to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza as “a convoy of diplomats, parliamentarians, activists and volunteers has departed from Algeria toward Rafah…” as part of a global march to break the siege.
Update June 11: “Tens of Thousands from 54 Countries Join March to Gaza Border”
June 5: Netanyahu admits arming Gaza gangs: English translations provided by Google Translate
Dozens more Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Rafah food distribution site, June 3, 2025. “They killed my mother….[for] two empty flour sacks.” Over 100 Palestinians have been killed or injured within one week of these centers operating.
“‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction”, 972Mag’s joint investigation of the flattening of Gaza.
FOSNA’s Jonathan Kuttab on Impunity: “As one outrage follows another in Gaza and the West Bank, there is a frightening new phenomenon taking place. A palpable feeling of total, utter impunity…”. in the face of The Hunger Plan
University of San Francisco has voted to divest from four U.S. defense companies that have contracts with the Israeli military.
Fired over Gaza? Dr. Rupa Marya Sues University of San Francisco (UCSF)
“Our Kairos Moment”, the Presbytery of San Francisco’s resolution on genocide passed unanimously in May, 2025. Read it and be inspired.
The Journal for the Study of Christian Zionism has launched, featuring articles by Stephen Sizer, Don Wagner and our own Jesse Wheeler.
Read this compelling account of how our post- WWII system of international law works (or doesn't) and why it's still relevant. An interview with Aslı Ü. Bâli , professor of international law at Yale. (May, 2024)
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TAKE ACTION
Join the Fast! 40 Days and Escalate: Veterans & Allies started Fasting For Gaza on May 22nd. As of June 6th, 718 people have joined. Here’s why. And how they are doing as they enter week 3.
The Freedom Flotilla was hijacked in international waters by Israeli forces on June 8th. View Greta Thunberg’s explaining why. Then Call your Congressperson NOW to demand an end to the seige of Gaza. Put Israel on notice!
Write to your elected officials demanding that Congress restore aid to UNRWA and protest Israel’s expulsion of UNWRA from the West Bank and Gaza. The U.S. is currently the ONLY holdout on restoring aid to UNRWA.
Join Christians Standing against Forced Displacement and False Doctrines. Read FOSNA’s statement and add your voice.
Will your group take the Apartheid-Free Pledge? Sign up for AFSC’s Apartheid-Free Newsletter to learn more.
Register to join AFSC’s Action Hour for Palestine each Friday at 9:00 a.m. (PT).
Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention. “I am a political prisoner.”
MPower Change, launched in 2016, is now the largest digital Muslim advocacy organization in the United States. Read about their current campaigns here.
Oppose AB 1468, which would erase critical histories in California’s Ethnic Studies programs. Check its current legislative status here.
Join Taxpayers Against Genocide as the case goes international!
Read latest case news here.Check this calendar for upcoming SF Bay Area events advocating for Palestinian rights. Thanks to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) for providing this tool!
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EXPERIENCE PALESTINE
“We extend this heartfelt invitation, asking you to come to Palestine and witness firsthand the reality our communities face. Stand in solidarity with us, be a voice for the voiceless, and help us amplify the call for peace and justice.” - Omar Haramy, Director, Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre, Jerusalem.
Upcoming Fosna Witness Trips:
Scroll down Trips page to view full 2025 Delegation CalendarA Delegation for Seminary Faculty, June 1-10, 2025
Come & See; Go & Tell: A PJN Solidarity Pilgrimage, June 16-26, 2025.
Peacebuilder’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, June 30-July 11, 2025.
A Visual Artists’ Delegation, July 2025
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RADIO SHOWS ABOUT PALESTINE:
SPEAKING OF PALESTINE, on KBBF 89.1 in Santa Rosa, CA, is a weekly radio show about Palestine. Mondays 4:00-5:00 p.m. (Shows usually include updates on Palestine, music, poetry, and more. It has been on air for over seven years and the Aug. 19 , 2024 show was its 100th!)
April 7, 2025. Palestine Update, Your BDS Moment, a look at the 2025 Ceasefire Agreement, music and poetry by Buff Whitman Bradley.
March 17, 2025. Update on Mahmoud Khalil, Seth Donnelly of Citizens Against Genocide interviews Mama Ganuush, Bay Area activist who lost family in Gaza.
And Poetry honoring the Irish and their support of Palestine, as it’s St. Patrick's Day!
March 3, 2025. An interview with local poet and long-time peace & social justice activist Buff Whitman Bradley,
Feb 17, 2025. An interview with Professor Stephen Zunes on the ceasefire in Gaza, a statement from a Refusenik.
VOICES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA on KPFA in Berkeley (91.7 FM). Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. (PT).
GAZA CORNER is at the beginning of the Tangents Show on KALW (91.7 FM, SF). Every Saturday in the 11:00 p.m. (PT) hour. Check the archive here.
“I wish I could keep quiet about the plight of the Palestinians. I can't! The God who was there and showed that we should become free is the God described in the Scriptures as the same yesterday, today and forever.”
— Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Patron of Sabeel