“By spreading the message, organizing public events and developing educational tools, the movement is challenging the churches and keeping the issue alive,” states the German faith-based group Kairos-Palestine Solidarity Network. The action groups questioned the official position on Israel-Palestine and set to work promoting A Moment of Truth and building networks. In Germany, action groups related to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), a member of the WCC, were faced with the hesitant and reserved response of the church to the call of Palestinians. Kairos Palestine working groups have been formed in many countries and regions around the world. Many pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land now include meetings with Palestinians in their itineraries. Many churches now question their investments, deciding to walk away from support of companies that back Israeli occupation. Since it was written, churches around the world have looked to it for inspiration, according to Rifat Kassis, speaking shortly before his recent departure as general coordinator of Kairos Palestine.Īlthough it has created controversy in some churches, it has been a source of revelation for many struggling to respond to the Palestine-Israel question. One document, a global responseĪ Moment of Truth is available in over 20 languages. It encourages a responsible and just pilgrimage to Palestinian as well as Israeli territories, and warns against illegal measures in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and occupied territories, such as land confiscation, new settlements, home demolition and movement control. It calls for nonviolent resistance by promoting boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, moves that it describes as an effort to avoid “repaying evil with evil”. The text from Kairos Palestine sets out to counter theology that justifies occupation and distorts the word of God. The effort was inspired by the “Kairos Document” of 1985, a theological statement issued by South African theologians and other church leaders on the crisis they faced in the final years of their nation’s apartheid era. What started as a local ecumenical document soon became an international movement.Ī Moment of Truth is a call to people of faith and other “peace-builders” to help end Israeli occupation by standing with the Palestinian people who, it says, have suffered oppression, displacement and “clear apartheid” for more than six decades. When Kairos Palestine’s A Moment of Truth: A word of faith, hope, and love from the heart of Palestine suffering was issued in 2009, it was the first time lay people, churches of various denominations and Palestinian Christians had spoken with a single voice on the Palestine-Israel situation. U.S.An influential document full of hopes and aspirations, having received worldwide acclaim for highlighting the struggle of Palestinians against oppressive Israeli occupation, continues to seek a future after its fifth anniversary was celebrated in December last year. “The Wall Has Been Broken Down” from Kairos Palestine Netherlands: From the Presentation/ChatĪ presentation outlining her talk is available at: Include the message: “The Kairos Palestine Document outlines the suffering of all Palestinians, and should be a model for peoples of all faiths in how to approach and solve the Israeli occupation.” Include a link to this page of the Kumi Now website along with the hashtags #KairosPalestine, #KumiNow, and #Kumi48. You can then share the document via Facebook, Twitter, or email with both your religious and nonreligious friends. Include a message such as “Please include the plight of Palestinians in your prayers, sermons, and work as a church. Next, send the Kairos Document to your local church. Activism Timeįirst, read the Kairos Palestine document, then sign the “Cry of Hope”. You can see if there is a Global Kairos organization in your country and, if not, start one. You can find Kairos Palestine on their website and follow on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Nora Carmi is the former project coordinator for Kairos Palestine. Our guest was Nora Carmi, former project coordinator of Kairos Palestine. On November 30th we learned about the message of the Kairos Palestine Document and the ongoing progress around it.
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