PCAP’s Advocacy and Activity
Winter-Spring 2025
These are some of the scores of activities of PCAP Board Members in recent months:
Philip Farah was interviewed by Shane Claiborne of the Red Letter Christians movement for a podcast presenting a Palestinian Christian liberation perspective on "A Path to Peace." Claiborne is co-founder of the Red-Letter Christians, whose media productions reach thousands of people around the world. Listen to the podcast here: The Path to Peace: Insights from Philip Farah - Red Letter Christians Podcast - Apple Podcasts.
Philip also conducted a two-part interview with the veteran Australian journalist, David Bradbury, about the genocidal war on Palestine and U.S. complicity- forthcoming in our next Newsletter. Earlier, Bradbury produced a television clip of a pre-Christmas vigil at the State Department protesting Israel's genocidal war. PCAP participated in the vigil whose theme was Christ in the Rubble, and the participants sang Christmas carols with words altered to call for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. State Dept Christmas
PCAP is an active participant in the monthly webinars of the Voices from the Holy Land. Voices from the Holy Land specializes in documentary films focused on Palestine/Israel peace and justice issues. Hundreds of people, mostly in the U.S. watch documentaries selected by VFHL every month, and then participate in webinars where expert speakers discuss the documentaries and take questions from the participants. The webinar participants then break up into smaller groups which focus on how to strengthen the movement towards a just peace. PCAP is a regular participant in these break-out group discussions. Please consider signing up with VFHL Voices from the Holy Land - film series
On January 23rd, Philip and fellow PCAP board member Paul Noursi participated in a day-long Advocacy Day in Richmond, VA with the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights, of which PCAP is a member organization (See VCHR - About Us.) Paul is a co-founder and co-chair of VCHR. This year, the Advocacy Day had a record turnout, with about 80 participants showing up from all over VA. We helped defeat several bills aimed at suppressing speech, boycotts, or student protests criticizing Israeli crimes.
Philip Farah had several speaking engagements during the past months, including one organized by the Church Episcopal of Spotsylvania, VA. He has several upcoming engagements, including one in Abingdon in Southwest VA, and a radio interview and a panel discussion in WV.
Past Events
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Stopping the Genocide in Palestine: What You Can Do Now
Saturday, December 9 | 12:30 pm EST
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Voices From The Holy Land Film Salon, The Truth: Lost at Sea
Sunday, August 20 | 3 pm EST
In May 2010, an international flotilla of six unarmed civilian vessels, carrying citizens from dozens of countries (including the US), defied Israel's complete naval blockade to deliver much needed construction materials and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Under the cover of darkness, the most powerful military force in the Middle East dispatched heavily armed commandos via speedboats and helicopters to seize the Mavi Marmara, resulting in the tragic deaths of nine activists. "The Truth: LOST AT SEA" presents authentic footage and narration by a survivor to reveal the factual sequence of events, shedding light on how traditional and online media platforms manipulated and vilified human rights advocates who dedicated themselves to raising awareness about the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. Watch the trailer. goes here
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Voices From The Holy Land, My Tree Film Salon
Sunday July 16 | 3 pm EST
Using children’s donations collected via “little blue boxes,” the Jewish National Fund has planted more than 250 million trees in Israel/Palestine. Ostensibly to “make the desert bloom,” the planting has radically altered the land’s biodiversity. My Tree follows filmmaker Jason Sherman’s journey to find the tree planted in his name on the occasion of his bar mitzvah. When he discovers that “his” tree is in a forest covering up a Palestinian village destroyed in 1967 – one of many forests hiding scores of destroyed villages – he seeks to learn the motivations behind JNF’s tree-planting enterprise and to understand his own culpability.
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Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Nakba Webinar
Saturday, May 6 | 12:00pm EST
You are invited to join PCAP in commemorating the anniversary of the 75th Nakba with author, Thomas Suárez, who will speak with us about his latest book, Palestine Hijacked: How Zionism Forged an Apartheid State from River to Sea.
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A Conversation On Palestine
Wednesday, September 14 | 7:00-9:00 pm EST
Rev. Donald E. Wagner will discuss his new memoir, which reflects on his journey from conservative evangelical to full-time advocate for Palestinian political and human rights. He is author of five other books on Palestinian rights.
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An Unhealed Wound: Sabra-Shatila at 40
Thursday, September 15, 2022 | 6:30pm | Busboys and Poets | 450 K St NW, Washington DC 20001
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Defund Racism
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 | 12:00-1:30pm EST
This event is intended to introduce the Defund Racism campaign, which targets pro-Israeli organizations disguised as 501c(3) charities that fund Israeli settlements using tax-deductible donations from the United States. These organizations are therefore complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from places like Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, South Hebron Hills and many other places in Palestine. There are already groups of activists working on Defund Racism campaigns in NY, FL, and PA exposing this racist funding of Israeli settlements.
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Gaza Children's Mental Health: Under Siege & Under Bombs
Saturday, November 6, 2021 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
