The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization with a century-long history of humanitarian efforts, has recently shifted its focus towards promoting the BDS movement against Israel, appointing a Palestinian-American, Joyce Ajlouny, as its new leader.

Dr. Asaf Romirowsky discusses the role of American religious groups in diplomacy and refugee relief during Israel's War of Independence and its aftermath in his book "Religion, Politics, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief."