An urgent plea to Fellow Israel Advocates: Sabeel, the organization behind the anti-Israel divestment campaign in oldline Protestant churches, is coming to Harvard this Sunday morning, April 2. Jean Zaru, a founding member of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, will be speaking at Harvard's Memorial Church at 9:30 a.m.

While Zaru is portrayed as a “peace activist,” the group she belongs to is not committed to peace, but rather to broadcasting a dishonest narrative about the Arab/Israeli conflict that demonizes Israel and whitewashes Palestinian society of the problems that hinder real prospects for peace. Sabeel's founding director, Anglican canon Naim Ateek, has compared Israeli presence in the disputed territories to the stone that blocks Christ's tomb and has written that “the Israeli government crucifixion system is operating daily. Palestine has become the place of the skull."

This is not the language of a peacemaker, but of someone intent on instilling hostility towards Israel.

Sabeel also offers a one-state solution to the Arab/Israeli conflict; its vision for the future is "one state for two nations and three religions." This means the elimination of the Jewish State.

The David Project is seeking help to counter Sabeel's anti-Israel message. We will be leafleting attendees as they enter Memorial Church and asking questions following Zaru’s presentation. Our leaflets will use quotations from Sabeel leaders themselves to discredit the organization and expose its use of theological anti-Semitism in its campaign against the Jewish state.

Gather in front of Memorial Church (located at Harvard Yard, across from the Widener Library) at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 2, 2006. (Please remember to set your clocks forward the night before. Sunday is the first day of Daylight Savings.)