A Betrayal of Justice: Kairos Palestine Rejects Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Proposal and calls for Global Action Please read the statement issued on behalf of Palestinian Christians in response to President Trump’s plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its people and build a ‘Riviera on the Med’. Kairos Palestine calls on all people of goodwill throughout the …
Kairos Ireland Newsletter – January 2025 – Ceasefire in Gaza
Ceasefire in Gaza – reaction of Palestinian Christians Last week a ceasefire was agreed between the Israeli government and Hamas for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza. The first exchange of prisoners took place on Sunday 19/01/2025. The full text of a statement issued by Kairos Palestine on the 20/01/25 in response to this agreement may …
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Kairos Ireland Newsletter – Christmas 2024: Anatomy of a Genocide
Call to European Churches: Why are you silent in the face of genocide? In a Christmas letter signed by Latin Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah, Palestinian Christians ask of European Churches – Why are you silent in the face of Genocide? The letter points to opinions by international legal bodies and historians of the holocaust that …
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Election 2024
Keep the Occupied Territories Bill Alive It is important to keep the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB) alive during the general election and ensure that the candidates we vote for are committed to the principles of international law and to the banning of trade between Ireland and the illegally Occupied Palestinian Territories. Sadaka – the …
Kairos Ireland Newsletter – November 2024
The Great Law of Birr - Lex Innocentium Front cover of the Great Law of Birr by James W Houlihan Earlier this year on the 21st September 2024 (UN International Day of Peace) there was a seminar in Birr, County Offaly, to relaunching the ‘Great Law of Birr’ (Lex Innocentium) that was enacted in 697AD …
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Kairos Ireland Newsletter – October 2024
Dublin Demonstration for Palestine – Saturday 5th October On Saturday 5th October there will be a national demonstration in Dublin starting from the Garden of Remembrance at 1pm. This will mark one year of the genocidal ‘Swords of Iron’ campaign by the Israeli army against the Palestinian people of Gaza during which more than 40,000 …
Kairos Ireland – Autumn Newsletter
The horror of Gaza continues The genocidal assault on Gaza by Israel continues with over 40,000 children, women and men killed by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Seventy percent of the dead are women and children. There has been the wholesale destruction of homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure such as water and sewage treatment plants. …
Kairos Ireland Newsletter – June 2024
No end in sight Eight months on and the unrelenting horror of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza continues. On Monday 10th June the UN Security Council voted to accept a ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States of America. This aims to end the fighting, allow for the release of hostages held by Hamas …
Kairos Ireland – May Newsletter
Nakba Day Nakba Day is marked on the 15th May. Nakba translates into English as ‘catastrophe’ and recalls the events of 1948 when three quarters of a million Palestinians were expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. This event was a planned instance of ethnic cleansing to make way for the establishment of the state …
Kairos Newsletter – April 2024
Irish National Demonstration for Palestine - Saturday 20th April The next national demonstration for Palestine takes place this Saturday 20th April starting at 1pm from the Garden of Remembrance and walking to the Dail. (see the poster below) I quote from a Trocaire comment, ‘…cracks are beginning to show in the international community’s tolerance of …
