That justice and peace might embrace
Moves by Israel to ethnically cleanse the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem of its Palestinian residents to make way for extremist Jewish Settlers has led to violence around the Al Aqsa mosque and in Gaza and Israel. You will have probably seen images on broadcast and printed media of the suppression of Palestinian demonstrations …
Continue reading "Violence in the Holy Land – Church Statements"
Please find below the flier for the next webinar organised by Kairos Ireland. This is on the issue of Israel as an apartheid society. Tickets for this event are free and can be acquired by clicking on the Register link below which will take you to Eventbrite. Register In our Kairos Ireland document ('That justice …
Easter Greetings This year the western Easter falls on the 4th April 2021, whilst the Orthodox Easter is on the 2nd May. So, it is still not too late to send out the Kairos Palestine Easter Alert 2021 . Easter celebrates the surprise of new life in the face of death and hope of new beginnings …
Below is a report of Munther's talk from February 2nd. It is a very useful corrective to the Christian Zionist narrative and also to the wider erroneous assumption that modern Israel is in continuity with Biblical Israel. Munther points out that in the Old Testament, Israel is inclusive and intended as a model for the …
On Tue Feb 2, Kairos Ireland will host a webinar as follows The difficulties Palestinian Christians have in reading the Old Testament"with Rev Dr Munther Isaac, Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, BethlehemTuesday 2nd February: 10 am - 11.15 am Rev Dr Munther Isaac Register to attend Palestinian Christians have struggled for years with the Old …
Advent Sunday This year (29th November) coincides with the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. American churches who are part of FOSNA (Friends of Sabeel North America) have prepared worship material for use on this day. They are inviting worship leaders to take part in a training seminar on Wednesday 11th November. Please …
On Wednesday 1st July 2020 Kairos Palestine issued a call for solidarity entitled Cry for Hope: A Call for Decisive Action. The launch of the ‘Cry for Hope’ was chosen to coincide with the beginning of the annexation process where, in the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, the government of Israel would ‘apply sovereignty’ to the …
Continue reading "Kairos Palestine response to the threat of Annexation"
Plans are well under way for the visit by three international members of the Kairos movement. Rifat Kassis from Palestine is the current secretary of Kairos Palestine. Mark Braverman is the Executive Director of Kairos USA and Brian Brown was a consultant in the founding of Kairos UK. They will split their time between Dublin and Belfast. We hope that there will be media interviews, church …
Dear Rifat and all Kairos Palestine Leaders We, Kairos Ireland viewed with sadness the German Bundestag’s resolution condemning the International Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) and equating it with anti-Semitism. We respectfully recognize the Palestinian BDS movement logic of peaceful resistance against the indiscriminate violations of human rights violations and discriminatory measures under the brutal occupation. We express our unequivocal solidarity with the Kairos Palestine Movement and join in condemnation.
In 2018 Irish Methodist Gillian Kingston was part of an international delegation that awarded the annual World Methodist Peace Prize to Daoud Nassar of the Tent of Nations. Gillian is a Vice-President of the World Methodist Council. The prize recognized the consistent and creative work by the Nassar family to resist pressure by the Israeli …
