Posts Tagged ‘Just Peace for Palestine’
Launch of Historic Palestine Kairos Document
December 13th, 2009 • Events, News
Tags: amos trust, history, Just Peace for Palestine, Kairos, palestine, press release
LAUNCH OF HISTORIC PALESTINE KAIROS DOCUMENT BY PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERS
JERUSALEM/LONDON, 8 DECEMBER 2009
Call by Palestinian Christians for a just peace inspired by anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa
- 11 December 2009 is the launch of the Palestinian Kairos document, “A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering”.
- 15 senior inter-denominational Palestinian Christian leaders co-author this historic call, 24 years after South African theologians published their Kairos Document.
- Christian initiative calls the Israeli occupation a “sin”, urges Western Church to “stand alongside” the “oppressed”, including use of boycott and disinvestment.
As Christmas approaches, the Western Church looks towards Bethlehem and remembers not just the events of 2,000 years ago, but also today’s ‘little town’ and the Palestinian Christians living under Israeli occupation.
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