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Kairos Week about Israel/Palestine, on Iona


A Kairos Week about Israel/Palestine, takes place on Iona from 27 May to 2 June.

In 2009 Palestinian Christians issued the Kairos Document with the desire “to focus the efforts of all peace-loving peoples in the world, especially our Christian sisters and brothers” towards genuine peace in the Holy Land.

This week on Iona is an opportunity to explore what has happened since 2009 with leaders of the Kairos movement and with recent visitors. It is a week for exchanging ideas, informing, challenging, inspiring, and equipping for action, listening to stories of creativity and hope, revisiting theologies that justify crimes, and declaring a theology of love and solidarity with the oppressed, for justice and equality among peoples.

This year we mark 100 years since the Balfour declaration smoothed the way that led to the Nakba in 1948 when 750,000 Palestinians became refugees and more than 400 villages and towns were occupied or erased as Israel was established. As I write, some 800 Palestinian political prisoners are still on hunger strike seeking basic decent treatment consistent with international law.

The Nakba, the catastrophe of settler colonialism, continues in so many ways, such as with the control of all aspects of life in the West Bank and demolitions of property in Israel and the West Bank. Land is still being taken away from Palestinian use and communities are divided as the Wall is extended, for example around the Cremisan valley miles from the internationally agreed Green Line.
There is also a flowering of resilient, courageous, imaginative and beautiful responses that reach for a better future.

Come to this week and help forge how we can join with all who seek that better future for everyone in Israel and Palestine.

For details see the Iona Community website, https://iona.org.uk/2017/04/20/iona-kairos-week/

The Kairos document is at: www.kairospalestine.ps/index.php/about-us/kairos-palestine-document

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