Michael's Blog

    We’re here today to keep vigil.  We’re here to bear witness.        Day 88 of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.      22,000 Gazans murdered by Israel, 70% of them women and children, 106 journalists, more than 300 health care workers, 4200 students, and more than 56,000 injured, in the last ten days, more than 200 a day killed, 350 a day injured.     And in 2023, a total of 55,000 Israeli settlers stormed

     My name is Michael Spath, and I’m the Executive Director of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace. We’re a “voice of conscience for peace, justice, human rights, and intercultural encounter.” We’re here today to keep vigil.  We’re here to bear witness.         Day 74 of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.     19,000 Gazans murdered, over 60% of them civilians, 70% of them women and children, more than 51,000 wounded; and more than 300 killed in

We’re here today to keep vigil. We’re here today to bear witness. It doesn’t have to be this way.    Day 53 of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.  With news of prisoner exchanges and truce extensions, even as Israel breaks the truce with targeted killings.    I’m tired of hearing about “pauses.” You probably saw the sign:  You pause movies, you pause songs, you end genocide. This isn’t rocket science.  You stop killing children.  At least our government should

Dear friends of Indiana Center for Middle East Peace, Please, PLEASE take eleven minutes to watch this powerful Palestinian United Nations representative as she dismantles Israel’s lies and disinformation, sets out what Palestine stands for, and why in the end, Palestine will be victorious. https://twitter.com/ousmannoor/status/1725851968193642611?t=jX1uadlNqz_JOUkrAxbx9w&s=08 And join us every Tuesday, 5:00-6:00pm, Allen County Courthouse, downtown Fort Wayne, for our Protest Tuesdays demonstration. Make a sign to bring with you. Michael

Dear friends, We continue to be horrified with each day’s news about the inhumanity of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. This is simply – as I say at each of our Protest Tuesdays – not simply an assault on Gaza, but also an assault on Palestinian culture, Palestine history, an attempt to erase the very idea of Palestine itself. We take hope from the Palestinian people themselves – their resilience, their continued resistance, their faith in the ideals of