Since October 7, 2023, Quakers respond with words and suggestions for further action.
Let your lives preach.
—Quaker principle
A different future is possible: Quaker organizations share a vision for peace in Palestine and Israel (April 12, 2024)
New England Yearly Meeting’s Statement on Conflict in Israel-Palestine (November 3, 2023)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Response to the Israel-Gaza Conflict (October 18, 2023)
Pacific Yearly Meeting Minute of Concern on Gaza, Israel and the Palestinians (July 24, 2024)
South Central Yearly Meeting’s Gaza Cease-Fire Minute (May 2, 2024)
Quaker Statements of the war in Gaza, Minutes, Statements, and Resources from Quaker Organizations (November 14, 2024)
Quaker Traditions of Pacifism, Activism and Advocacy
A Quaker Vision for Political Activism with Marge Abbott and Noah Merrill (short video)
(click image to open the short clip)
1000 Quakers stage a two-day anti-nuclear vigil outside the Pentagon, Washington D.C. 12-13 November 1960 (the above clip from the movie, Language of Faces, by John Korty, 1961)