Alert: Sign the Global Kairos petition! Also learn about a new website on Christian Zionism.

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Global Kairos for Justice Petition

A Palestinian call to international civil society

In this petition, Global Kairos for Justice, a partner of Kairos Palestine, asks the world to support its call to action and to be partners in local and regional events on or around May 15, 2019, the anniversary of the Nakba. Join the people from around the world who have already signed - let us bring the numbers into the thousands!

The petition declares as unjust and illegal the occupation policies and practices of the State of Israel, including creating over 700,000 Palestinian refugees in 1948, occupying the remaining 22% of Palestine in 1967 in contravention of UN Council Resolution 242, imposing an unjust system of military law, and adopting the discriminatory July 2018 Nation State Law. It calIs on the State of Israel "to end the occupation of Palestine, restore the full and equal rights of and end discrimination against Palestinian citizens living in Israel and all inhabitants of the Land and respect the right of return of Palestinian refugees."

Read and sign the Petition

Christian Zionism Website Now in Spanish

The majority of the world's Christians, from the most conservative to the most progressive, adhere to some form of Christian Zionism. This means that they believe that the Jewish people have a superior right to the territory of historic Palestine, by virtue of Divine promise, historic right, or both. The website Christianzionism.org launched last year and now the Spanish version has been released. The website was conceived and written by foremost experts on Christian Zionism, who themselves span the ecumenical spectrum. It asks readers to "ponder the critical questions" about Israel today: "I s contemporary Israel the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy? Are the Jewish people God’s chosen people today? Has God promised Palestine exclusively to the Jewish people as an everlasting inheritance? How should Christians view the Palestinians and especially the Palestinian church?" Bringing these questions forward is absolutely required if the global church is to be mobilized in support of the Palestinian justice struggle.

Click on the website and prepare to be amazed: at first glance, it appears to be a typical Christian Zionist website, but read on and you will see how skillfully the authors initiate a conversation with people who love the Bible and seek to follow Jesus. The release of the Spanish version is a recognition of the growing influence of the Spanish-speaking churches in North, Central and South America. Read the press release.

In a related story, Palestinian human rights lawyer, speaker and blogger Jonathan Kuttab has written a concise, compelling theological challenge to the Fellowship of Evangelical Christians in Honduras on their endorsement of the move of their government's embassy to Jerusalem. Take a few minutes to read this faithful, passionate, and hermeneutically sound cri de coeur of a Palestinian Christian: "As Palestinian followers of Jesus Christ, we call on our evangelical brothers and sisters in Honduras to carefully study the Bible with us, and to share with us their views before taking positions that may be politically dangerous to us, to the ministry of the Church, and to the general intent of advancing the kingdom of God on Earth." Jonathan's short piece takes its place alongside Christianzionism.org as a critically important tool for our movement.

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