Wednesday, 14 OCTOBER 2020
10am PT, 1pm ET (US, Canada) / 5pm UTC / 7pm Palestine

Register here:
https://umkr-mfsa.events/14OCT2020

The last few years have been a nightmare
for the Palestinian people.

Huge expansion of illegal Israeli settlements
with increasing destruction of Palestinian homes, buildings and agriculture, with a green light from the U.S.;

the U.S. abetting Israel's illegal claims over East Jerusalem
by moving the U.S. Embassy;

the passage of Israel's Nation-State Law, aka "The Apartheid Law;"

devastation to Palestinians' economy while the U.S. cruelly cuts all
humanitarian aid, to blackmail Palestinians into accepting the Trump administration's hideous "Peace to Prosperity" deal;

the looming annexation threat,
Israel to declare sovereignty over parts of the West Bank;

Israeli treaties with Arab nations who seem to abandon the Palestinians;

a currently growing pandemic that the Palestinians'
medical system in occupied territory is not prepared to meet; and

Two million people in Gaza living every day in a terrifying
humanitarian catastrophe under Israel's siege
while the world just watches.

They desperately need the world to pay attention,
even in the midst of a global pandemic.

United Methodists must attend to what is happening in the Holy Land,
if we believe God calls us to be peacemakers
and to pursue “justice, only justice.”

On October 14th, we have a perfect opportunity to do that,
in a webinar presented by UMKR and MFSA:
“Kairos Palestine and The Global Church:
Standing at the Crossroads of 2020.”

Participants will engage with two superb,
highly knowledgeable speakers.

Frankly, we think they are the best anyone could find for this subject.

Discussion topics will include:
➨ the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS)
➨ Kairos movements around the world, and
➨ the current political situation.

WHY
has Kairos Palestine issued an urgent new call,
“Cry for Hope”  - endorsed by several UMC bishops -
in the midst of a pandemic?

WHAT
"decisive actions" are needed in 2020-21 and beyond?

HOW
can we and our church respond effectively?

This webinar will also include a Question and Answer session
with the speakers.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from the
founding leader of Kairos Palestine
and the
most knowledgeable staff on Israel/Palestine
in the United Methodist Church!
⬇︎⬇︎⬇︎ Click the orange button now.

The MFSA-UMKR Webinar Series
UMKR has worked for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people for the past 10 years, and our partner MFSA for even longer. This year UMKR and MFSA have been presenting a series of webinars on a wide range of topics related to Israel/Palestine.
Two in particular that we would recommend:
  

 

Rev. Drs. Stephen Sizer and Munther Isaac expose this destructive political theology, widely popular among evangelical Christians in the US, and the flawed bible teaching on which it is based. Watch "Christian Zionism"
  

UMC Bishop Hope Morgan Ward and Jewish American author and activist Mark Braverman considerhow the charge of bigotry is used as a weapon against activists for Palestinian human rights and how the church can respond Watch this webinar
 

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