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The proposal Towards Peace in Palestine and Israel: A Call to Costly Solidarity (PMM20), adopted by the Executive of the 42nd General Council called for a process to review the church’s policy on Palestine and Israel in light of the changing context and partner calls for solidarity.
We believe God/Jesus/Holy Spirit is calling us to join in solidarity against the actions of the Government of Israel and join in sanctions.
Our Palestinian partners are calling on The United Church of Canada and other ecumenical partners to be in solidarity with their suffering and to listen to their cries for a just peace by taking action on the requests from Kairos Palestine.
In response to the deteriorating human rights situation there, the United Church of Canada has spoken out about the plight of Palestinians frequently over the decades. One of the actions it has recommended is that faith communities and United Church entities holding investment funds take economic and other measures to draw attention to the occupation of Palestinian lands, and in particular, to illegal settlements.
In May 2021, the world witnessed the impact of direct armed violence and indirect systemic violence on the people of Palestine and Israel. This proposal is in response to the explicit call for justice by Christians in Palestine, including United Church partners there.
1. What is the issue?The Government of Israel has enacted legislation creating a racist, Apartheid state that discriminates against the Arabic population of Israel and Palestine on a daily basis at ev...
Learning session documentation for the October 2024 AGM.