English articles
2013
Palestinian Christians Face Greater Restrictions This Easter by Lena Odgaard
Is this the best that Christianity can do? by Stuart Littlewood
Letter from Rev. Alex Awad to United Methodist Annual Conferences
Israeli firms shed crocodile tears for Palestinian workers by Stephanie Westbrook, The Electronic Intifada
Obama and the Palestinian detainee generation by Rifat Kassis, executive director, Defense for Children International Palestine
Dear President Obama. Do not visit the Nativity Church
From the Church of the Nativity to the Churches of the World: Palestinian Christians and Their "Cry of Hope" by Muriel Schmid, University of Utah
Interfaith Response to Kairos Palestine and South-South Alliance by Randolf Turner, Council for World Mission
Kairos Palestine: lifting the banner of resistance by Nassar Ibrahim, OPGAI
Palestinian Christians: the forgotten faithful
Vote G4S as the 'Worst Company of the Year'
2012
Boycott the Gaza Invasion this Thanksgiving by Chris Iosso, General Editor of Unbound
Christian leaders cannot be cowed into silence over Israel by Rabbi Brian Walt
Interfaith bullying, and a feckless letter from the Episcopal bishop by Mark Braverman
Lobby takes gloves off in assault on Christian leaders who questioned US aid to Israel by Ali Abunimah
A land of promise? by Jeremy Moodey
Obama and Romney need to confront, solve Israeli-Palestinian divisions by Ibrahim Abu-Ta'a
Israeli settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian Christian sites by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Interfaith Dialogue No Answer to Israel’s Racism by Stuart Littlewood
BDS key to a "just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist by Joe Catron, The Electronic Intifada
The Backstory of General Assembly
A Word to the PC(USA) and the Course of Justice
Caught Between Promise and Prudence
Boycotting and Divesting from Occupation
Israeli Woman Says Divestment Is Part of Her Jewish Identity
Pope to recognize Palestinian state?
Don't Dance With Israeli Apartheid!
Action alert from DCI Palestine
Israel’s Nukes Derail U.S. Non-proliferation Goals by Victor Kattan
Disregarding western pressure on Syria
Cutting and Pasting Over the Truth: A Response to Yitzhak Santis by Rifat Odeh Kassis
A West Bank Bid for Heritage Claims Holy Land by Daniel Estrin
The Presbyterians debate Palestine by Rami G. Khouri
A Word to PCUSA and the Course of Justice by Rifat Odeh Kassis
Convention to consider resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Matthew Davies
How Pro-Israel Lobby Fails This Simple Test by Stuart Littlewood
U.S. churches respond to the Kairos Palestine document by John Dear SJ
The boycott will work, an Israeli perspective by Ilan Pappe
Christian groups call on UK to ban settlement goods by Jonny Paul
Women of Courage by Hope Rowsell
U.S. churches respond to the Kairos Palestine document
Desire for Jewish state fuels Israeli xenophobia
RE: Divesting from Caterpillar, Inc., Motorola Solutions, and Hewlett Packard
An urgent call to action: Save Mahmoud Al-Sark’s life
CSJP expresses solidarity with Palestinian Christians
The boycott will work, an Israeli perspective by Ilan Pappe
Public Theology and Social Transformation? Insights from the Palestinian Kairos Document by Clint Le Bruyns
Presiding bishop on Middle East peacemaking: Don’t divest, engage by Pat McCaughan
Church Leader Tells Palestinians and Israelis “eat together and listen to each other’s stories” by James M. Wall
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Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal by Yousef Munayyer
Leaning on the Chronicled Hope
Christians in the US assume conversations to pursue a Kairos Document- February 12-14, 2012
Written by Spencer Chiimbwe, Interfaith Fellow, Community of Living Traditions
Behind the Wall – SPECIAL: Moderator’s Trip to Israel-Palestine
The moderator gets a glimpse of what life is like for Palestinians
Demonstration Outside 10 Downing Street on Nakba Day: No Injustice Will Last Forever by Karen Dabrowska
(The Tripoli Post correspondent in London)
Biblical Theological Reflection by Rev. Christopher Ferguson
United Methodist Church Fails to Align its Words with its Actions
The Jews Are Going to Florida – So What’s New? by guestpost
United Methodists Soundly Defeat Divestment Move at General Conference by United Methodists for Constructive Peacemaking
Read more here
Adopting the 'Kairos Palestine' document, Methodists Elevate Palestinian Rights and Israel Divestment to Mainstream Prominence by Palestinian BDS National Committee
WATCH / U.S. students walk out of Israeli ambassador's lecture
Students at George Washington University disrupt talk by Michael Oren, hold up signs reading 'Oren supports colonialism,' and 'What are you going to do with 30 billion?' by Natasha Mozgovaya
Top Ten Reasons Israel tried to Censor Bob Simon’s Report on Palestinian Christians by Juan
Christians of the Holy Land by Ben White
Moment of Truth: Report from day two of the United Methodist General Conference by Pam Bailey
Gaza’s Christians like "birds who will always return to their nest" by Rami Almeghari
Palestinians need freedom in Jerusalem, not Israeli permits by Hanan Ashrawi
Divestment will help ease Palestinian suffering by Michael Berg, Hala Abdelaziz and Sandra Tamari
Church Leader Tells Palestinians and Israelis “eat together and listen to each other’s stories” by James M. Wall
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An Open Letter to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding bishop on Middle East peacemaking: Don’t divest, engage by Pat McCaughan
Faith under Occupation by Ludwig Watzal
Norwegian Group Verbally Assaulted by Israeli Settlers
Christian Palestinians: Israel 'manipulating facts' by claiming we are welcome
Jerusalem: A holy city in crisis by Jeremy Moodey
Towards a 'Muslim-Christian feminist alliance for a world without war and Empire'
Christ at the Checkpoint by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Universality of Jerusalem
Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah speech in Doha International Conference on Jerusalem on 25 and 26 of February, 2012
Palestinian Christians and Al Nakba... exile from the Holy Land by Xavier Abu Eid
Myth Of Israel’s Favorable Treatment Of Palestinian Christians – OpEd by Fida Jiryis, 16 March 2012
'Christ at the Checkpoint' challenges Christian Zionism by Daoud Kuttab
Sermon by Dr. Muna Mushahwar
Panel on faith-based approach to BDS unites Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups
Palestinian Christians ask: Why do church leaders forsake us? by Bernard Kilroy
2011
Bethlehem's shepherds a dying breed by Jon Donnison, BBC News, Bethlehem
A call to Christians at Christmas 2011
War and politics from a left-Christian perspective: Kairos Palestine Commemorates Second Anniversary
Analysis for Rifat Kassis's latest book "Kairos for Palestine"
It’s the right moment for churches to pay attention to Israel’s occupation by James M. Wall, The Electronic Intifada, 23 December 2011
BETHLEHEM: Kairos Palestine commemorates second anniversary at international conference
Bishop Younan's Christmas Message of Hopeful Waiting
The Bethlehem Call: Here we stand – Stand with us
Peace Not Walls by Julie Brenton Rowe
Hope and Love from Palestine by Emily McNeill
Christmas in the Holy Land
An Alberta woman encounters inspiration, heartbreak and the odd Santa during an Advent season in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
By Sherry Ann Chapman
The necessary elimination of Israeli democracy
BDS movement’s strength shown by pro-Israel groups launching defensive "BUYcott" days
Frightened of BDS, pro-Israel groups push holiday shoppers to Buy Israel
BDS movement’s strength shown by pro-Israel groups launching defensive "BUYcott" days by Adri Nieuwhof
Christians support Palestinian bid to full statehood by Babu Thomas, 3 October 2011
Veolia keeps silent about two bus services to illegal settlements by Adri Nieuwhof
Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury Reprimanded
The Christian and Ramadan by Hanna Katanacho
Palestinian Christians protest Anglican chief’s occupation blindspot by Sarah Irving in The Electronic Intifada
Archbishop of Canterbury slammed for blaming exodus of Palestinian Christians on Muslims by Saliha Shariff
Justice for Palestine: A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists
Media Watchdog Ruling: SABC does not have to apologise - Israel can be called an "apartheid" state
Kairos Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process
Blaming Israel for the Middle East’s Christian Exodus
Gilad Shalit and Marwan Barghouti!!! by Rev. Yohanna Katanacho, Ph.D.
Christians Flee Holy Land in Mass Modern Exodus
Dateline Jerusalem: Christian Trail of Tears on the Move While Archbishop of Canterbury Plays Blame Game by Eileen Fleming
Archbishop of Canterbury Reprimanded by Angry Holy Land Christians "We need advocates for the truth," they tell him by Stuart Littlewood
Why Christians leave Bethlehem - A response to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Greg Wilkinson
The Christian EXODUS from the Holy Land and the Archbishop of Canterbury misses the mark
Investing in Peace by Nora Carmi
Israel admits it covertly canceled residency status of 140,000 Palestinians
Jerusalem: Issues and Perspectives
Candle Light Vigil for Peace and Justice in Palestine
Jointly organized by the India Solidarity Ecumenical Network – Kairos Palestine
Palestinian Kairos document puts the Middle Eastern conflict into the universal light where it rightfully belongs by Shafiq Morton – Cape Town, 15 April 2011
Walking the wall: Comedian Mark Thomas interviewed by Kevin Squires, The Electronic Intifada, 13 April 2011
Peace starts with a smile by Nora Carmi
Holy Land reflection: a call to let go of all fear by Paulette Schroeder
Is the 'future' coming to Egypt? by Hameed Abdul Karim
Response to Malcolm F. Lowe by Rifat Kassis
In Whose Name Are You Speaking?
A Response to Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal by Rifat Odeh Kassis, February 2011
Jerusalem: Heart of conflict, beginning of reconciliation by Rifat Odeh Kassis, February 2011
Apartheid South Africa and Israel: two sides of the same coin? by Revd. David Haslam, 15 February 2011
Kairos Palestine youth group is born: "We resist to live, not to die" by Yusef Daher, 15 February 2011
Leveling the Scales by Force: Thoughts on Normalisation by Rifat Odeh Kassis
Palestine’s ‘clear call to action’ by Mike Milne
YES.... Bethlehem is World Heritage
Publication of civil society call in 2005 and Palestine Kairos document in 2009 has given tremendous push to activism around the world by Dr. Mazin Qumsieh
A Palestinian appeal to Europe to recognize the free Palestine by Dr Salim Nazzal
2010
Another Christmas under Siege in the Holy Land by Father Dr. Faisal Hijazin, 21 December 2010
The Bankruptcy of Canadian Zionists and Their Stooges by Hanna Kawas, 16 December 2010
'Holy Land' does not include Bethlehem - It's official! by Ken Reed, 29 November 2010
'A call for Muslims, Jews and Christians to work for peace in Palestine' Kairos Palestine - The Voice of Palestinian Christians by Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar, 23 November 2010
Rifat Kassis composed a thoughtful and eloquently-written letter that communicates a powerful truth about "reality" in Palestine by Clair Hochstetler, 19 November 2010
Rifat Kassis response to Rabbi Warren Goldstein, the chief Rabbi of South Africa by Rifat Odeh Kassis, November 2010
Palestinian Christians redefine narrative by Edwin Arrison, 17 November 2010
Major Dutch pension fund divests from occupation by Adri Nieuwhof and Guus Hoelen, The Electronic Intifada, 12 November 2010
IF THIS IS NOT APARTHEID, THEN WHAT IS? by Allan Boesak and Farid Esack, 10 November 2010
More questions about the settler attack on church in Jerusalem by Renee Bowyer, 3 November 2010
Interview with Manal Abdo and Yusef Daher regarding the ‘Moment of Truth’ song by Rev. Susanne Grimheden, a priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden
Interview with Manal Baghous Abdo and Yusef Daher, the composer and the author behind the official song of the Kairos Palestine Document (KPD)
Mark Thomas praises Christian nonviolent resistance in Palestine
Remarks at World Council of Churches launch of Kairos Statement by Mark Braverman
The present Christian awakening on Israel and Palestine written by Rev Edwin Arrison from South Africa
Palestinian Christians: The Strategic Lever for Liberation by Dr Rashied Omar, South Africa
The Archbishop, Jews, and Christian Zionists by Mark Paredes, 26 October 2010
Bible Does Not Legitimize The Occupation Of Palestine: The Vatican by Salim Nazzal, 26 October 2010
Presbyterian Mission Network Joins BDS Movement, 25 October 2010
Christian Emigration an Islamic Crisis by Tony Assaf and Robert Cheaib, 20 October 2010
Ethical Leadership in both Kairos and Chronos Time, 15 October 2010
Bishop William Shomali affirmed: Jerusalem Can't Belong to Just One State by Chiara Santomier, 12 October 2010
Church representatives examine investment in context of Middle East by Manoj K. Das, 11 October 2010
Peace, peace, and there is no peace by Mark Braverman, 11 October 2010
Israeli settlements squeezing out Christians and Muslims by Michael Jansen, The Irish Times, 7 October 2010
Another insult to Christianity: meet the Methodist Friends of Israel by Stuart Littlewood, 12 August 2010
The politicization of Judaism by Brandon Davis, 6 October 2010
Getting Back to the Roots: Community Developers by Mary Beth Coudal, 1 October 2010
A One-to-Two-State Solution by Robert Wright, 28 September 2010
Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace by Karl Vick / Jerusalem, 2 September 2010
Journal of a Voyage by Yonatan Shapira (a former Israeli pilot & skipper of the Jewish aid ship), 26 September 2010
Netanyahu: I Deceived US To Destroy Oslo Accords by Jonathan Cook
Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, criticises 'apartheid' Israel
WCC UN Advocacy Week focuses on Palestine – Israel and Nigeria, 20 September 2010
Empty Promises: Obama Takes His Middle East Peace Plan to the UN, by Phyllis Bennis, 23 September 2010
Goldstone Report Dramatized, 8 September, 2010
Israeli ties: a chance to do the right thing by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 26 September 2010
BNC welcomes cancellation of visit by settlement mayors to Netherlands by BNC Europe, 23 September 2010
Soaking Up Hope in Palestine by Jan Miller, 17 September 2010
The silent treatment, Robert del Naja of Massive Attack tells William Parry why he is boycotting Israel, 6 September 2010
UK: Greenbelt No Buffer for Israel
British Christian Festival Embraces Anti-Israel Speakers by Jeff Walton, 13 September 2010
Diana Buttu: direct talks bound to fail. Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 30 August 2010
Anti-Israel economic boycotts are gaining speed by Nehemia Shtrasler, 5 September 2010
Damage control by Uri Avnery, 6 September 2010
Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt by Robert Fisk, 11 September 2010
Kairos and Christian Advocacy in the 'Holy Land' by Timothy Seidel, 8 September 2010
Shame on America, Jews and the ADL by Rabbi Bruce Warshal, 31 August 2010
Boycotts are legitimate: Op-ed: Boycotts are the Jewish way, so why all the fuss over Ariel theater embargo? By Gideon Eshet
What the wall has done by Jamal Juma', The Electronic Intifada, 31 August 2010
Presbyterian Church USA Middle East Study Committee recommends Kairos Document adoption for study by General Assembly 2010 by Peter Menkin, 30 August 2010
Veolia whitewashes illegal light rail project by Adri Nieuwhof , 26 August 2010
Personal Reflections about Kairos document by Maria C. Khoury, 28 August 2010
Palestinian Christians, 27 August 2010
Israelis Risk Jail to Smuggle Palestinians by Jonathan Cook, 24 August 2010
Report on Presbyterian Church USA-Israel policy recommendations (Presbyterian study in Christianity) by Peter Menkin, 22 August 2010
Is Israel's Legitimacy Under Challenge? by Henry Siegman, 16 August 2010
The Jewish Response to Kairos, 10 August 2010
PALESTINE: Ongoing action alert: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, 10 August 2010
The Elders' View Of the Middle East by Jimmy Carter
Hundreds of Palestinians Losing Residency Rights in Jerusalem, by Saed Bannoura, 27 July 2010
Christians of the Holy Land: An indigenous pilgrimage by Harry Hagopian, 27 July 2010
Taking water to the Jordan by Doris R.
The chief rabbi owes Judge Goldstone an abject apology
How the Presbyterian Church dealt with the ongoing controversy over its position on Israel/Palestine at its General Assembly. Second part by Mark Braverman, 22 July 2010
Presbyterian Church USA Middle East Study Committee recommends Kairos Document adoption for study by General Assembly 2010 by Peter Menkin
Report from the Presbyterian General Assembly - Part 1: Something Wonderful Happened by Mark Barverman, 12 July 2010
What the Presbyterian Statement Didn't Say About Israel by N. H. Gordon, 16-18 July 2010
Presbyterians Insist On 'Breaking Down The Walls' In Israel/Palestine Despite Pressure From Jewish Community by Mark Braverman, 14 July 2010
A Black-Palestinian Liberation Theology? By Dallas Darling,11 July 2010
Justice is what we ask Mr. Yossi Beilin to remember by Rifat Odeh Kassis
A Response to Mr. Yossi Beilin’s letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in USA
A Prophetic Milestone Toward Peace, Palestinian Christians call for a nonviolent movement to end the occupation by Ryan Rodrick Beiler
BONHOEFFER AND THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT - South African Reflections by John W. de Gruchy
Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
Kairos call "Come and See" by Max Ediger, 9 June 2010
The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) has added its commentary to the contentious Israel-Palestine debate by Edward Terry, 20 May 2010
What Anglicans need is another Tutu as top cat by Stuart Littlewood, 17 May 2010
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Calls for Sanctions against Israel by Jeff Walton, 14 May 2010
GAMC comments on ‘apartheid’ label, Kairos Palestine document by Edward Terry, 17 May 2010
On the Occasion of a Nonending Occupation by Dr. Bernard Sabella, 4 June 2010
Ben-Gurion was better at boycotting than Abbas or Fayyad. While he declared a boycott on all Arab goods, theirs is only a boycott of products from the settlements.
By Yossi Sarid, 28 May 2010
The Kairos Palestine document: 'Investing in Peace' by George Shand, 27 May 2010
Israel's ID/Permit System by Stephen Lendman, 13 May 2010
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Taking Sides or Choosing Fairness
A briefing paper by Presbyterian Action on Mideast-related Matters
219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), July 2010, Minneapolis
Episcopal Peace Fellowship Supports Economic Sanctions by Matthew Davies, 12 May 2010
Angels and Needles by Rifat Kassis, May 2010
Church Leaders condemn Israel and Christian Zionism by Dr. Hanan Chehata, 5 May 2010
Palestinian Christians Voice..Similar to South Africa Kairos document? by Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad, 4 May 2010
The First Yum El-Ard Protest: An interview with Fr. Shehadeh Shehadeh by Sharif Hamadeh, 31 March 2005
The Palestinian “Kairos” Document: A Behind-the-Scenes Analysis by Malcolm Lowe, April 2010
Judith Sudilovsky writes in the Ecumenical News International about Pope John Paul II Games by Judith Sudilovsky, 28 April 2010
What Anglicans need is another Tutu as top cat by Stuart Littlewood, 21 April 2010
A report about Beit Sahour one of the last Christian majority towns in Palestine by Ben White, 20 April 2010
Dear Christian: Resurrect This and Know That, 4 April 2010
Peace Churches and War Profits: A Moment for Courage by Jessica Sarriot, 26 March 2010
Re-reading Gordimer: A Hopeful Comparison by Yakov M Rabkin
We cannot have a rational approach to the peace process till we decouple the fate of Israel from the Jewish future by Yakov Rabkin, 16 April 2010
Desmond Tutu: Divesting from Injustice, 13 April 2010
Jerusalem: heart of conflict, beginning of reconciliation by Rifat Odeh Kassis, The Electronic Intifada, 13 April 2010
Personal reflections about Kairos document by Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D.
Kairos and Lent in the 'Holy Land' by Timothy Seidel
Holiest Days Behind the Wall by Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D.
Dutch Jews split over Wiesenthal condemnation of Church in Holland by Cnaan Liphshiz
It is time to get tough with the bully Israel has become, 11 March 2010
A lesson in Nonviolence on the gates of Jerusalem, by Yusef Daher
The "Karios document" troubled the Dutch Protestant Church (Protestantse Kerk van Nederland – PKN) and put pressure on its relationship with Jewish organisations. Rifat Odeh Kassis, one of the subscribers of the Karios document spoke to Trouw, A wide spread Dutch Newspaper, about the document.
Not talking about the Occupation is a shame by Eildert Mulder
Chas Freeman: This time apartheid has western complicity by Chas Freeman
Israel and Money Laundering by Antoine Raffoul, 8 March 2010
Jerusalem in the Palestinian cultural and political consciousness: An Interview with Rifat Odeh Kassis by The Alternative Information Center (AIC), 26 February 2010
Justice Must Not Be Selective
Reflection on the BDS call in the Kairos Palestine document – by Rifat Odeh Kassis, February 2010
"Palestinian Christians, Israeli Allies, and Nonviolent Resistance" by Ryan Rodrick Beiler, 23 February 2010
Liberal Protestant churches pose growing threat to Israel' by Dan Izenberg, 21 February 2010
The Religious Left Targets Israel by Mark D. Tooley, 17 February 2010
A Moment of Truth: The Kairos Document by Stephen Sizer, 16 February 2010
Making it personal: The Kairos Palestine document by Michael Marten, 15 February 2010
Comments on the kairos document by Samn, 26 January 2010
People’s Reporter “A Forum of Current Affairs”: Volume 23, Issue 1, Mumbai (January 10-25, 2010)
2009
$7 million muzzling shocker- Canadian government cuts off funds for church group it calls anti-Semitic by Cecilie Surasky, 19 December 2009
A visit to Bethlehem: Life on the Other side of the Wall by Rabi Brian Walt, 29 December 2009
Dutch churches ponder Palestinian Christian call for sanctions by Andreas Havinga, 23 December 2009
Statement from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, 11 December 2009
