A difficult balance

Linda Burgum and Ursula Sharma consider the challenge of responding to injustice

How do Friends best respond to the injustices occurring on a daily basis in the occupied Palestinian territories without attracting accusations of anti-Semitism?

Central Manchester Meeting were approached several months ago by Amnesty International with a request to share a joint vigil around their campaign to persuade the UK government to ban the importation of Israeli settlement goods. We are fortunate in having a space in front of our Meeting house that lends itself well to such witness and we are located in the city centre.

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