The Latest on Gaza and the Middle East: What’s Happening? What Can We Do?

media release: On Thursday, February 20 at 6:30 pm CST, the Interfaith Peace Working Group of Wisconsin will offer a live, hour-long Zoom update on the situation in Gaza and the Middle East by Dr. Peter Makari. Dr. Makari will share information about the latest developments in Gaza and the region as well as work Middle Eastern faith leaders are doing in response to the crisis. Palestinian partners, among others, continue to promote a just and permanent peace in Palestine/Israel. Following his presentation, Dr. Makari will invite Zoom participants to converse with him and one another about how they and their local faith communities can support this work.

This event is designed to assist spiritual leaders and members of communities of faith and conscience to consider, from a faith perspective, what is taking place in Gaza and the wider Middle East and how they can participate in efforts to realize the widely shared hopes of people for peace and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.

Dr. Peter Makari serves as global relations minister for the Middle East and Europe for GLOBAL MINISTRIES of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). In that role, he is deeply immersed in the situation and ongoing developments in Israel/Palestine and the Middle East. Peter works closely with UCC and Disciples partners in the region, including the Middle East Council of Churches. Having recently returned from Jerusalem and Jordan, Peter’s presentation will provide an opportunity for us to hear, first-hand, about the latest developments in Gaza and the region.

A zoom meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 7:30pm (Eastern time) and 6:30pm (Central time).