Meeting Minute

Morningside Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) calls for a ceasefire now in Gaza and a free flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. We grieve the deaths, beginning on October 7, 2023, of approximately 1,200 Israelis and (as of this writing) an estimated 18,400 Palestinians in Gaza, an estimated 226 Palestinians in the West Bank and 104 deaths of Israeli soldiers so far.

Columbia Friends Meeting advocates for an immediate and total ceasefire in Gaza.

War is not the answer. In truth, there is no military solution to this crisis.

Nashville Friends Meeting abhors the horrific violence continuing in Israel and Palestine. As Quakers, we respect the universal sanctity and dignity of all people. We urge our government to call for an immediate cease-fire among all parties to allow them to enter into diplomatic negotiations to build a just and lasting peace.

We urge Congress to call for an immediate ceasefire, de-escalation, and restraint to prevent further civilian harm in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

We urgently call on all who can influence this situation to seek an immediate permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas with the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees. We urge that all diplomatic, financial, and material resources be devoted to peace rather than war.

In keeping with our peace testimony, we are horrified by the killing on all sides in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and the larger Middle East. We support a lasting cease fire, instead of violence and revenge, as well as peaceful action by the United States and other world powers to bring about lasting peace, with justice and freedom, between Israelis and Palestinians.

We, the members of Fifteenth Street Friends Meeting urge our lawmakers and President Biden to endorse a ceasefire, protect lives, including hostages held by Hamas and civilians, provide humanitarian aid, address and resolve the root causes to the longstanding regional dispute, and speak out against both antisemitic and anti-Islamic words and actions.

We condemn the violence unleashed by Hamas and we denounce the retribution of the Israeli Defense Force on Gaza. We urge our government to call for an immediate ceasefire.

We seek and urge the creation of a world without war. We urgently call for a multilateral ceasefire as a first step toward addressing the root causes of violence.

We urge our government to call for an immediate ceasefire, immediate and adequate humanitarian aid, and negotiations for a long-term peace. As Quakers, we believe each life is sacred.

We urge our government to call for an immediate ceasefire, provide immediate and adequate humanitarian aid, and to broker negotiations for a long-term peace agreement.

We call upon our nation to work for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to save precious human life.

We members of the Duluth Superior Friends Meeting (Quakers) call publicly, strongly, and urgently to advocate for a ceasefire, restraint, and strict adherence to international laws against civilian harm in the current violence in Israel and Gaza.

We urge our elected leaders to do everything possible to de-escalate the conflict and support an immediate ceasefire.

Minute calling for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian access to the civilian population of Gaza from Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

We urge our government to call for an immediate ceasefire, immediate and adequate humanitarian aid, and negotiations for a long-term peace.

San Francisco Friends Meeting calls for the total abolition of all nuclear weapons.

Memphis Friends Meeting approves minute in support for Joint House and Senate Bill “Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the U.S. Act”

Hartford (CT) Monthly Meeting approved a minute supporting the establishment of a Federal Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools.