Posts Tagged ‘mennonite’

Robbers Shoot Mennonite Couple Fixing Work Trailer, Killing Mother of Four

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Mennonite community in Greene County, Indiana is grieving after a mother of four was killed by robbers on Thursday as her husband was fixing issues with their work trailer. Jonathan and Wilma Hochstetler ran J&W Commercial Roofing in Bloomfield. While Jonathan was on a job site on Wednesday evening, a tire […]

Mennonite Church USA endorses boycott of businesses profiting from occupation

This press release was published Thursday by the Mennonite Church USA under the heading, “Mennonites Choose ‘Third Way’ on Israel and Palestine.” Culminating a three-year process, delegates at the Mennonite Church USA assembly in Orlando on Thursday adopted a resolution titled “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine,” with approximately 98 percent voting in favor. The […]

‘To defend western freedom,’ U.S. must preserve Egyptian tyranny

Since 2011, the United States has sent more than $6.4 billion in military aid to Egypt, while continuing to mute criticism of the dictatorship’s massive human rights violations. How much does Israel’s influence explain this inexcusable American policy? Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to Washington, provided key evidence in his memoir a year ago. […]

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