{"id":56012,"date":"2024-03-19T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=56012"},"modified":"2024-03-19T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T22:04:04","slug":"emu-urges-congress-president-to-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-urges-congress-president-to-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"91大神 urges Congress, President to call for a cease-fire in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 91大神 President\u2019s Office released a statement on Tuesday, March 19, condemning the violence in Israel and Palestine and calling for policymakers to take measures to prevent the further loss of civilian life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement was sent to all 91大神 faculty, staff and students at the Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, campuses. The full text of the statement, titled \u201cA Path Forward: 91大神\u2019s Statement on Peace and Justice in Israel-Palestine,\u201d will be posted online at <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emu.edu\/president<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the statement, 91大神 President <strong>Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman<\/strong>, with support from the 91大神 Board of Trustees, urges Congress and the Presidential Administration to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call for a significant humanitarian pause \u2013 including a cease-fire in Gaza \u2013 to save lives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritize and protect all civilians, securing humanitarian aid into Gaza and working to secure the release of all hostages; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urge all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe significant loss of life, as well as torture, abuse, and mass starvation occurring among innocents \u2014 mostly women and children \u2014 are war crimes,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cThis is unconscionable. The United States cannot remain complicit in violating international law while, at the same time, calling itself the beacon of human rights and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It further states that excerpts from the statement will be sent to members of the U.S. Congress who represent Virginia, as well as the Biden Administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>91大神\u2019s commitments to peace and justice in Israel and Palestine were first outlined on Dec. 6, 2023, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/president\/peace-and-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cReaffirmation of 91大神 as a Peace and Justice University\u201d<\/a> message that followed its <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/prayer-for-peace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Prayer for Peace in Israel and Palestine&#8221;<\/a> in October. President Huxman\u2019s recent statement serves as an updated response to the growing atrocities in Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, 91大神 students, faculty and staff have organized peaceful actions to call on support for a cease-fire. Since Monday morning, students have been ringing the campus bell every four seconds for the more than 33,000 people killed in Palestine and Israel since Oct. 7. Prior to these actions, the 91大神 Student Government Association had sent a letter to the administration and board of trustees asking for a statement in support of a cease-fire in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s statement affirms that 91大神 will continue providing a safe, supportive and inclusive teaching and learning environment for a diversity of views. It also clarifies that 91大神\u2019s investment portfolio does not hold any shares in companies doing business in Israel-Palestine or any other war-torn countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement cites 91大神\u2019s vision \u2014 \u201cto become \u2018unifying leaders equipped with intercultural competence, oriented to peace and justice, and rooted in an active faith modeled on the life and teachings of Jesus\u2019\u201d \u2014 and credits students with leading the way in encouraging bold engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur young people \u2026 are rising up and calling for peace and a stop to the killing,\u201d it reads. \u201cWe stand in solidarity with them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 91大神 President\u2019s Office released a statement on Tuesday, March 19, condemning the violence in Israel and Palestine and calling for policymakers to take measures to prevent the further loss <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-urges-congress-president-to-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about 91大神 urges Congress, President to call for a cease-fire in Gaza<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":54953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5583,17562],"tags":[11359,9196,17609],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-56012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","category-digest","tag-gaza","tag-israel-palestine","tag-presidents-office","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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