Responses

Thank you for the document written by you, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the descendants of Jesus Christ and whose ancestors were the first to receive his message. Yours is a proud history of keeping the faith in the Holy Land, and we salute you for doing that despite the most difficult situation into which you have been placed. From our perspective, we can see how you are being pressurized and forced out of your own land, and we urge you to continue to resist that with love, and to continue to show what our Lord Jesus Christ taught us. We are with you in our prayers and other forms of support, and wish to strengthen this support to you. We admire all that you are and that you do. Justice will come to the Holy Land, as it came to us here in the southernmost part of Africa. (Read more)

SACC Central Committee Meeting - March 2010

The Central Committee of the South Africa Council of Churches received the Palestinian Kairos Document (PKD), A moment of truth, with pain and inspiration. From our own history we understand a bit what must happen for people and Christians in particular to arrive at a Kairos moment. We are indeed inspired by the prophetic courage of our Christian brothers and sisters to arrive at the point to draw the line in the sand as the Palestinian Christians have. Moreover, we are moved by the courage of the social, political and theological analyses of the situation and yet want us all to stand in love towards “the enemy”. This is a tremendous and even unheard of challenge and a testimony in the highest order in living the message of our Lord Jesus under conditions of fundamental injustice and extreme oppression. (Read more)

Letter of Solidarity - Palestinian Kairos Document

The Council of Churches of Malaysia stands in complete ecumenical solidarity with the cry of the Palestinian people for liberation and peace. (Read more)

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, writes on the Kairos

Israel is facing a threat from theologians and activists in prominent Protestant churches throughout the world, in addition to the threats posed by “lawfare” and the Goldstone Report, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, charged on Tuesday. (Read more)

A message from Sam Kobia, General Secretary, World Council of Churches on the occasion of the PIEF meeting in Bethlehem

A letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Kairos Palestine

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) to the authors of “A Moment of Truth” document (German)

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) an die Autoren des "Die Stunde der Wahrheit"

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD) to the authors of “A Moment of Truth” document (English)

2009

Message from Sam Kobia, General Secretary, World Council of Churches on the occasion of the PIEF meeting in Bethlehem

WCC general secretary applauds Church support for the “Kairos Palestine” document

Response from Dr. Barakat Fawzi

Jewish Fast for Peace - Rabbi Brian walt

A Latin American Theological Response - Dr. Samuel Pagan

From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – Rev. Robert Smith