The Right to Boycott
See how our free speech protections are being undermined in the US, Europe, and globally, with action we can take to preserve this essential freedom. See it
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MARCH 2024
United Methodist Bishops
Call for Ceasefire
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MAY 2025
Council of Bishops' Urgent Call for Humanitarian Aid, Condemn Ethnic Cleansing and more
July 2022 – Kairos Palestine and Global Kairos for Justice have created a theological study for Christians and all who want to learn more about the crime of apartheid and why Palestinians and a growing number of churches and human rights organizations are using that word to describe Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
Download the full booklet in English
See a report on the Dossier in Mondoweiss
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Who Supports BDS?
So many churches, Jewish groups, businesses, & other institutions support boycott, divestment & sanctions for Palestinian rights. See them
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Resisting Apartheid and Racism Published in February 2021, this website offers excellent tools for BDS activism: Theological Foundationsfor BDS, analysis and answers for the biggest challenges in this justice work, BDS Stories from around the world, and so much more! "BDS is a tactic; a means to an end. It offers a unique and distinct witness...calling for justice for Palestinians and Palestine."
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Israeli Apartheid Is Real
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the UN Special Rapporteur, and Israel's leading human rights center all agree: See the groundbreaking reports
Faith Life Resources
Prayers, devotionals, sermons & songs: Palestine/Israel-related materials to infuse our spiritual and congregational lives See them
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A Dossier on Israeli
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Israeli Detention of Children
Military harassment & imprisonment of kids, one of worst elements of the Israeli occupation, addressed by a bill in the U.S. Congress.See more, take action
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United Methodists are responding to Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth ,a statement of faith and urgent call to action from Christians in Palestine. UMKR seeks, through nonviolent means and in partnership with Palestinian Christians, freedom, justice and equality for all Palestinians and Israelis.
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Understanding & Refuting Christian Zionism
This political theology condones the oppression of Palestinians and greatly influences U.S. gov't policy. We must learn how to refute it in our churches
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Leaders to World Powers:
Immediate ceasefire, end the flow of weapons, stop flouting international law,
stop impeding legal remedies in interna-tional courts. (with UMC signatories)
See the July 2024 letter
Groundbreaking legislation for Palestine.
Monumental changes in the UMC.
Apartheid:
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Groundbreaking legislation for Palestine.
Monumental changes in the UMC.
KAIROS PALESTINE II
KAIROS PALESTINE (December 2009), the document and movement of Palestinian Christians that gave UMKR its name, has grown to become Global Kairos for Justice, a worldwide network of Christian movements striving to answer the call of Kairos Palestine: "Are you able to help us get our freedom back? For this is the only way you can help the two peoples attain justice, peace, security and love."
Discover the document – a profound statement of faith and urgent call to action – that galvanized a global movement: See Kairos Palestine
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Methodist leaders discuss urgent conditions across Palestine/Israel, the International Court of Justice case on Israeli genocide, and more
November 2025 – The Kairos Palestine movement has published a new Kairos Palestine document, a bold statement for Palestinian Christians. This powerful new document declares the reality in Palestine as genocide and ethnic cleansing, challenges Western silence, and introduces a theology of resistance linking faith with justice. It exposes internal crises and reshapes the role of Christians in the struggle for liberation. Learn more about it and see the document
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"Israel Is Committing Genocide,"
says the UN Commission of Inquiry, the world's largest genocide scholars association, and global human rights experts: See their findings & statements
Bethlehem, Palestine: July 2020 —
Kairos Palestine and Global Kairos for Justice -- a broad coalition including Palestinian Christians and international church leaders and networks -- have issued "Cry for Hope," an urgent call to end the oppression of the Palestinian people. Already, thousands of Christian leaders and church members around the world have endorsed it.
See it yourself and endorse it! Go to "Cry for Hope"
A Pressing Call to Churches Around the World
Kairos Palestine / Global Kairos for Justice