Tag: Israel
PEC STATEMENT Opposing Efforts to Punish Critics of Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
The Peace Education Center stands against Israel’s actions in Gaza, condemns U.S. complicity, and urges protection of free speech from legislation like the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act that conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
PEC’S Statement on police attacking non-violent protesters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The Lansing Area Peace Education Center calls for educational, law enforcement and political leaders to cease their physical and McCarthy-era-like political attacks on college students and their supporters peacefully protesting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza
PEC Board Member Recalls Middle East Visit
In May 2018, PEC board member Jim Detjen and his wife, Connie, visited Palestine and Israel to learn more about the Palestinian-Israeli crisis
PEC, Other Organizations Work for Gaza Ceasefire
The Peace Education Center – working with Lansing-area organizations and individuals in the Coalition for a Free Palestine – has joined the millions in the U.S. and across the globe to demand an end to this horrendous war
Gaza war puts US’s extensive weapons stockpile in Israel under scrutiny
Israel appears to be receiving munitions from stockpile, but there has been little transparency
The World’s Silence: Poems about the War in Gaza
Yahya Ashour, emerging poet known for his profound reflections on the challenges faced by Palestinians, will share his work in East Lansing
Myth: Palestinians sabotaged the “peace process”
Setting aside the assertion that Israel was forced to violate the Geneva Conventions because the Palestinian Authority didn’t sign a treaty, what is often left out of the story is what exactly these “offers” entailed.
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
The PEC is horrified by the vicious fighting, death and destruction currently unfolding in Israel and Gaza.