Summary
A non-Palestinian advocate of the Palestinian cause, an ordained Presbyterian minister serving in a national leadership capacity for Friends of Sabeel North America, who was the final and sole Christian speaker at AMP’s 2014 Nakba commemoration in Lybarger’s Chapter 3 (Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile, PDF p.127-128).
Details
- Wagner reminded the audience of the many non-Muslims working on behalf of Palestine — Jewish activists, SJP groups on campuses, and US churches working to divest from Israel and boycott Israeli products — and invoked Zionism and the Nakba it produced as the shared point of resistance, calling on supporters to “deconstruct” Zionist claims and support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign (PDF p.127-128 / printed p.106-107).
- Lybarger notes Wagner provided the sole Christian representation at the event, and that his non-Palestinian status heightened the impression that public Palestinian nationalism in suburban Chicago had taken a decidedly Islamic cast (PDF p.128 / printed p.107).
Related pages
Palestinian Chicago — Identity in Exile · Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center · American Muslims for Palestine