Theologians, Tourism Activists, and Industry Leaders
Call for Holy Land Pilgrims to Seek Balance and Work for Peace

Letter to the OECD in Italian

Spanish translation of Kairos, ATG and ECOT call regarding the OECD's conference in Jerusalem

An Open Letter to the OECD regarding the decision to hold the annual Tourism Conference in 2010 in Jerusalem

'A Just Peace for Palestine' welcomes UK Methodist Church passing Palestine/Israel report

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit General Secretary of WCC sent a solidarity letter to The Methodist Church of Great Britain

Support letter from The United Church of Canada to The Methodist Church of Great Britain

PIEF Alert: A call for support for the UK National Methodist Conference, 20 June 2010

Methodist 'Justice for Palestine and Israel' report attracts Jewish-Christian support

Kairos Palestine sent a letter to Mr. Moratinos, Spanish foreign minister, commending their recent announcement that the European Union will present a proposal for lifting the blockade on the Gaza Strip

A Code of Conduct for Tourism in the Holy Land

Call from Gaza to the citizens of the world to break the siege

 Palestinians welcome South Africa recall of ambassador

 Sabeel statement: Gaza - The Conscience of the World

 “South African Municipal Workers' Union (SAMWU) Declares, Every Municipality in South Africa an Apartheid Israel Free Zone!”

 Nobel-winning Elders deplore Gaza flotilla attack

 WCC condemns the assault on a Gaza-bound convoy

 The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk: "Those responsible must be held criminally accountable"

 A Condemnation letter: Free Gaza Flotilla

 Legal Analysis of New Israeli Military Orders

 WCC general secretary expresses dismay over recent Israeli military order

 PIEF Alert - Thousands of Palestinians categorized as "infiltrators"

The Israeli military order regarding the prevention of “Infiltration”

• Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2)
• Order regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112)
• Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (1969)

 Kairos statement on the new Israeli military order

 Holy Week in Jerusalem & Israeli restrictions

Al-Jazeerah English shows our land day activities in Beit Sahour

 Oush Grab Diary

Holy Land Christians protest Israeli police restrictions during Easter celebrations

Holy Land Christians respond to Israeli police restrictions during Easter celebrations Holy Land Christians, after hundreds of years of celebrating Easter in Jerusalem as the most important and significant holy week for Christianity, are being denied freedom of worship during this period by the Israeli occupation police. (Read more)

Troops attack a Sunday Mass with tear gas at Beit Sahour city

Israeli troops fired tear gas and concussion grenades on Sunday midday at a Mass held by residents of Beit Sahour city, southern West Bank. Residents from Beit Sahour along with international supporters gathered at the evacuated military base of Ush Grhab east of the city. People held banners demanding the halt of the Israeli renewed work at the site and called for the end of settlement activity around their city.

Kairos Palestine position on the BDS call

We have lately received several requests to clarify our call for BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) mentioned in the Kairos document. (Read more)

The Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) expresses solidarity with the people of Beit Sahour as they struggle against the latest Israeli army intrusion into their municipality land

"Kairos Palestine" group has called on churches and the international community to support them in their opposition to this development. (Read more)

World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel between 29 May - 4 June 2010

Joint action for just peace convened by the World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches is inviting member churches and related organizations to join a week of advocacy, education and prayer for a just peace in Palestine and Israel. Participants will help make a common international public witness in late May and early June 2010. The tragic events in Israel and Palestine continue to call people of faith and goodwill to respond. Those who share the hope of justice are invited to take peaceful actions, together. (Read more)

List of Resources - World Week 2010

www.worldweekforpeace.org

Letter to the Israeli ambassador by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands

In response to the Karios document "Moment of Truth", the Protestant Churches in the Netherlands handed over a letter of concerns to the Israeli ambassador In the Netherlands. (Read more)

www.pkn.nl/news.aspx?page=5798

Response from Simon Wiesnethal Center to the Dutch churches

It is not customary for us as an international human rights organizations and NGO to address the leadership of the PKN by means of a letter. Nevertheless we take the liberty for this unusual step and hope that the content of this epistle explains the reason. (Read more)

Injustice in Beit Sahour: A Statement by Kairos Palestine

(Jerusalem 20.03.2010) As described by town residents, Ha’aretz, Ma’an News, and other sources in recent days, Israeli soldiers and bulldozers arrived on February 10 at a family recreation park in Beit Sahour – a town slightly east of Bethlehem in the West Bank, and the site of the former army base Osh Grab, which was abandoned by the IDF in 2006 – and declared it a closed military zone.

Kairos Palestine condemns this action and calls upon churches worldwide to advocate for the Christians and all residents of Beit Sahour and intervene in the damage, present and projected, wrought upon their home. (Read more)

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