Mark is a Jewish American with family roots in
Jerusalem. Mark was transformed by witnessing
the occupation of Palestine and by encounters
with peace activists and civil society leaders from
the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities.
He is a co-founder of Friends of Tent of Nations
North America, a nonprofit dedicated to
supporting Palestinian land rights in historic Palestine. He currently serves
as Director for Kairos USA, a movement to unify and mobilize Americans to
take a prophetic stance for a just peace in Israel and Palestine. He is the
author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the
Holy Land (Beaufort Books, 2011), A Wall in Jerusalem: Hope, healing, and
the struggle for peace in Israel and Palestine (Jericho Books, 2013).
Links to his Sermon and Q&A are below: