All people are equal and should be treated with dignity and respect

But for decades, the Palestinian people have faced Israeli settler colonialism and occupation enforced through racist and discriminatory legal regimes, forced displacement, blockade and movement restrictions, and systematic human rights abuses. According to legal scholars and the international human rights community, this situation constitutes the crime of Apartheid. It must end.

As people of conscience and loving communities, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their call for equal and full rights. Inspired by the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, we want to declare our own communities “Apartheid-Free.”

Let’s build an Apartheid-Free world, starting with our own communities: our faith congregations, cities, campuses, and workplaces. We need to educate ourselves and others about racist laws and state systems at home and abroad, and we want to ensure that our communities do not contribute to the maintenance of Apartheid regimes. Together, we can work to promote freedom, justice, and equality for all.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

We invite faith communities, congregations, and organizations as well as other communities of conscience to join us by signing the pledge to dismantle apartheid. If you are an individual, organize within your community to take collective action against apartheid.

Learn

The international human rights community agrees: Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people amounts to apartheid. Educate your communities about apartheid. Learn how it works, how it impacts Palestinian lives, and how it can be resisted.

Pledge

Join the network of apartheid-free communities around the world. By taking the Apartheid-Free Pledge your community is committing to resist racism and apartheid everywhere and withdrawing all support to Israeli apartheid.

Act

Live into the pledge and take action to stop apartheid. Join collective campaigns that ask institutions and corporations to step away from Israel’s violations of Palestinians rights.

WE AFFIRM

our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people and all people;

WE OPPOSE

all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and

WE DECLARE

ourselves an Apartheid-free community and to that end,

WE PLEDGE

to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation.

LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

Interfaith Organizations Call for Israeli Accountability

Leaders of 10 U.S.-based Christian churches, agencies, and organizations sent a letter to the U.S. President and Congress, urging them to take action to end violence and to hold Israel accountable for its ongoing and flagrant violations of Palestinian rights.

New England Conference, United Methodist Church passes Israeli apartheid resolution

The New England Conference of The United Methodist Church overwhelmingly adopted a resolution recognizing that the Israeli government has established a system of apartheid…

Compelled to Witness

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) issued a “Compelled to Witness” pastoral letter affirming that Israeli policies and practices that discriminate against Palestinians are consistent with the international…

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