The Palestine Christmas Alert 2021 provides a range of human stories and messages outlining life in the Holy Land today, with examples of peaceful resistance to occupation. The alert is illustrated with up-to-date photographs. Go to Kairos Palestine Christmas Alert 2021
JCB involvement in house demolitions
Since the occupation of the West Bank by Israel during the 1967 war, tens of thousands of Palestinians homes and structures have been demolished by the Israeli army using JCB diggers. In the first nine months of this year alone over 670 structures were demolished. Now, following a case brought by Lawyers for Palestinian Human …
Kairos Ireland – Oct 2021
Banning of six Palestinian Human Rights organisations by Israel n Friday 22nd October the Israeli Minster for Defence, Benny Gantz, designated six internationally respected Palestinian Human Rights agencies as terrorist organisations. This authorises the Israeli Government to close their offices, seize their assets and arrest and jail their staff members. The six agencies are Addameer Al …
Kairos Ireland – Sep 2021
World Council of Churches World Week of Prayer for peace in Palestine and Israel (WWPPI) For those of you unfamiliar with it, the WWPPI is an annual WCC initiative which encourages churches around the world to spend time during the week raising awareness about the situation in Palestine, reflecting, and taking actions. This year’s prayer …
Video for “Israel: An Apartheid Society?” webinar
Violence in the Holy Land – Church Statements
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 …
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Israel: An Apartheid Society?
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 …
“The difficulties Palestinian Christians have in reading the Old Testament” – report on Munther Isaac’s talk
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 …
“The difficulties Palestinian Christians have in reading the Old Testament” webinar with Rev Dr Munther Isaac on Tue Feb 2nd 10:00
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 …
Kairos Palestine response to the threat of Annexation
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 …
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