Common Ground for Middle East Work
Common ground adopted by the Steering Committee on May 10, 2005
· Remove all settlements
· No wall in West Bank & Occupied Territories
· End the occupation (’67 boundaries)
· If there is to be a two state solution, they must both be totally sovereign
· Two states must be viable
· Middle East nuclear-free zone
· Shared Jerusalem
· Search for some common material aid project
· International principles of human rights, especially with regard to prisoners
· No terrorist bombings
· No home demolitions
· No to all violence against civilians, both state-sponsored and non-state-sponsored
· Focus first on U.S. policy
· Reach out to and respect congregations of all faiths
· Seek to find common ground
· Support Jews and Palestinians coming together for action
· Interfaith services–being together in prayer
· Just resolution of Palestinian refugee problem
Full enfranchisement–no second-class citizens