A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide

November 14, 2025

Quotes below from the Kairos II document issued by Christian leaders and heads of churches in the Holy Land. To read the full text, click here.

“We address our appeal to Christians around the world… from the birthplace of Christ, the land of the Incarnation of the Word, and the cradle of love, mercy and justice.”

“We are the sons and daughters of the first Church — descendants of the apostles and the saints of the first Christian centuries — those who cultivated this land, built its cities and villages and drank from its waters.”

“We do not live on the margins of this land. We are woven into its fabric. We carry its history and heritage. Its very soil knows us as its own.”

“Christians in Palestine and in the diaspora are an inseparable part of the Palestinian people.”

“We live now in a time of genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement unfolding before the eyes of the world.”

“We reject the oppression and injustice produced by the theology of racism, colonialism and ethnic supremacy embodied in Christian Zionism...”

“...We honor the growing number of Jewish voices that oppose the war and confront Zionism from moral, faith-based and human conviction. In them we find partners in our shared humanity...”

“We ... appeal to the churches of the world ... to pressure their governments to isolate Israel, hold it accountable, impose sanctions, boycott it, and to ban the export of arms until it complies with international law, ends oppression and tyranny, and adheres to the principles of justice and peace.”

“We look toward the day when we shall live free in our land, together with all the inhabitants of the earth, in true peace and reconciliation — founded upon justice and equality for all God’s creation... ”