Kairos Palestine calls on the Church, civil society and governments to pressure Israel.
Patriarch Theophilos III charges that a rising number of assaults against Christians and church buildings are an attempt to drive the Christian community out of Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Ten globally recognized Christian organizations in Palestine “condemn and denounce in the strongest possible terms” Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian groups, including leading human rights groups, as “terrorist organizations.”
Birzeit student Layan Nasir is currently being imprisoned at Israel’s Damon Military Prison with seven other female students. Rev. Fadi Diab says the story of her baptism as an infant to her detention as a university student reveals the arbitrariness of the Israeli occupation.
“Assigning the label ‘terrorist organization’ to Hamas hides a more complicated truth that Hamas is a reflection and result of the untenable and unjust status quo.”
Palestinian Christians are calling on community leadership to reflect on their failure to support the broader Palestinian uprising, and to “stand up for our own dignity and the dignity of those we share our lives and pain with.”
Palestinian Christian organizations write a letter of support of South African Reverend Frank Chikane who has come under attack from Zionist organizations for his support of Palestinian human rights.
The Philos Project is the latest Christian Zionist organization seeking to drive a wedge between Muslim and Christian Arabs.