The Mid East Focus Initiative to raise cash for Gazan hospital

Now More Than Ever, Gaza’s Ahli Hospital Needs Our Help
A Palestinian editor, a Lutheran bishop and an international law attorney will be featured at a community fundraiser for Ahli Hospital in Gaza, to be held at 7 pm Saturday, March 14, at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle.

Location:
Saint Mark’s Cathedral
1245 Tenth Avenue East
Seattle, Washington 98102

Ahli Hospital was overwhelmed in the recent Gaza conflict. It has for over a century provided care to all persons, under the sponsorship of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

Sabeel – Puget Sound and the Rachel Corrie Foundation are co-sponsoring the event. A complete list of sponsors is listed below.

Speaking:
Ramzy Baroud, a popular speaker and editor of The Palestine Chronicle, has taught journalism. In the forthcoming “Gaza: The Untold Story,” Baroud tells his family’s history as a representation of the diaspora of millions of Palestinians. He maintains his own website as well.

Bishop William C. Boerger of the Northwest Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, recently returned from a 40-bishop tour in the West Bank during the Gaza conflict.

Tom Nelson, an attorney and co-founder of Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, recently returned from investigating possible violations of international law.

Co-sponsors for the event include: the host, the Mid East Focus Initiative of St. Mark’s Cathedral; the Palestine Concerns Task Force of the Council of Churches of Greater Seattle; American Jews for a Just Peace – Seattle; Pax Christi Northwest; Episcopal Bishop’s Committee on Israel/Palestine; Parish Council of the University District Ecumenical Parish; Save Gaza Coalition; Sabeel – Puget Sound; Rachel Corrie Foundation; American Friends Service Committee; Palestinian Solidarity Committee; Jewish Voice for Peace; Rauschenbusch Center; Middle East Fellowship, and more to be
announced.