Peacebuilding in Palestine and Israel: A Mennonite Central Committee Discussion Paper

This paper, prepared by MCC staff working on Middle East issues, is an invitation for discussion, within MCC and the broader Mennonite/Brethren in Christ community in Canada and the United States, about how we might best invest in a future in which Palestinians and Israelis alike will enjoy peace and security in the land. In considering economic approaches to end the occupation of Palestine, we do well to confess our own complicity in unjust economic systems. In a globalized economy, our purchases and investments often end up supporting practices that harm our sisters and brothers near and far away. We can never fully untangle ourselves from this painful reality, but, by God's grace, we can move toward an increasingly consistent practice of justice and mercy.