UUA on Palestine/Israel
The following statements were adopted by the UUA General Assembly:
1982 General Resolution: “United States Policy in Relation to the Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict”
1982 Business Resolution: “Justice in the Middle East”
1990 Resolution of Immediate Witness: “Keep the Middle East Peace Process Alive”
2002 AIW: “Toward Peace & Justice in the Middle East”
2005 AIW: “Call for Support and a Fair Trial for Dr. Sami Al-Arian” (professor in US jailed for pro-Palestinian activity)
2019 AIW: “Support Our First Amendment Right to Boycott on behalf of Palestinian Rights”
2024 AIW: “Solidarity with Palestinians”
2024 Responsive Resolution: “UUA General Assembly Support for October 7 Hostages”
The following statements were proposed but not adopted by the UUA General Assembly:
2010 Unadopted AIW to End the Blockade in Gaza
2016 Unadopted Business Resolution: “Screening Out Investments in Corporations Complicit in the Violation of Human Rights, Including Palestinian Rights (PDF)”
2018 Unadopted AIW: “End Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children (PDF)”
2021 Unadopted AIW: “Withhold US Military Aid to Israel Until Israel Complies with International Law and Stops Violating Palestinian Rights (PDF)”
Articles, Responses, and Discussion
2010 UU World: AIW to end the blockade of Gaza fails
2011 International Office blog post, guest-written by Churches for Middle East Peace: “Why Confrontation Now at the UN?”
2016 UU World: UUA will vote on divestment to protest Israel’s practices
2016 UU World: In new model for difficult GA topics, panelists discuss divestment
2016 UU World Palestinian rights resolution fails at UUA General Assembly
2018 UU@UN Office statement condemning the “Brutal Attacks on Gaza Protesters”
2023: UUA Statement on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza and Israel (October 17)
2024: UUA Condemns Violence Against Gaza, Urges Immediate and Total Ceasefire (February 14)
2024: UU Academics Condemn Violent Repression of Student Movements (May 2)
2024: Statement supporting student activism on Gaza (May 6)
- 2025 Statement Condemning Starvation and Other Acts of Genocide in Gaza (August 5) – “There is no justification for the starvation of children. Love is not silent in the face of genocide. There is no absolution for governmental or institutional complacency. We must take moral action to feed Gaza and stop the destruction of land, the poisoning of the soil, and the decimation of systems of care that support life in the region. Joining with religious voices across the globe, Unitarian Universalists again call for “the liberation of Palestine and an end to the apartheid… [We] call for an immediate permanent ceasefire, [delivery of] massive humanitarian aid, the release of all captives, and an end to genocide around the world.” (June 22, 2024 Action of Immediate Witness, “Solidarity with Palestinians”).”
- 2025: Joint Statement: The Latest Planned Israeli Military Offensive in Gaza City Must Be Halted (PDF) (August 26)
- 2025: Joint Statement — 2025 Multi-Faith Global Letter: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Leaders Demand Intervention, Accountability, an End to the Atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank, and an End to All Violence (November 4th)