International Peace Teams

Meta Peace Team’s Perspective on the Conflict in Palestine/Israel

• We recognize the right of both Palestinians and Israelis to live in justice, peace, and security.

• We do not advocate any particular solution to the crisis but support a just solution agreed upon by both Palestinians and Israelis.

• We support an end to violence by all parties in all forms so that peace can take root.

• We recognize the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people.

• We reject all forms of religious hatred and racism that may manifest themselves in this crisis, whether the source is an ally or an opponent.

• We recognize the Occupation of Palestine as an act of ongoing violence that must end for peace to come to fruition in the region.

• We recognize the daily humiliations and restrictions that Palestinians experience at the hands of armed settlers and the Israeli Military (IDF) as a form of violence.

• We recognize the pain, terror, and long-term psychological distress that the attacks on innocent civilians inflict on the Israeli people as their own form of violence.

• We recognize the pain, terror, and long-term psychological distress that home demolitions, land confiscation, and attacks on innocent civilians inflict on the Palestinian people as their own form of violence.

• We recognize the pain - emotional and physical - caused by military service in the Occupied Territories by Israeli soldiers as a form of violence.

• We support international law and the United Nation Resolutions regarding the right of return, opposing the existence of Israel’s “security wall”, and opposing Israeli settlements in Palestine. 

• We recognize the role of the US government in perpetuating and shoring up this violence through economic and military support.

• We recognize that our own (U.S.) history of colonialism and genocide of the indigenous peoples of the Americas impacts the way we view the realities of Palestine and Israel.

• We recognize the generational trauma experienced by the people in the region has implications for generations to come, and needs to be addressed if there is to be healing.

• We recognize the anguish of parents raising children in the midst of this conflict and the need to instill hope for the future.

• We recognize and affirm nonviolence as a way of life and as a powerful, strategic tactic that can serve a central role in the resolution of the conflict over the occupation of Palestine and security for Israel.