Kairos Palestine has commended the United Methodist Church (UMC) for its important steps toward the defence of Palestinian rights and peace with justice. The UMC has reiterated its support for and solidarity with Kairos Palestine group. Kairos described the UMC’s advocacy an important step forward on issues of divestment and the struggle for Palestinian rights. Read more...

The United Methodist Church condemned the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. Despite the failure to obtain approval for divestments that targeted Hewlett Packard, Motorola Solutions, and Caterpillar owing to the ‘role of their products in Israeli occupation’, delegates approved a report that called on the general Board of Pension and Health benefits to move towards “serious peace making strategies that include positive economic financial...

Delegates to The United Methodist Church’s assembly approved petitions dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They also called for efforts from the United Methodist Board of Pension and Health Benefits to explore “serious peace-making strategies in Israel and Palestine, including positive economic and financial investment in Palestine.”

The petition asks for United Methodist general agencies and boards to ensure companies adopt United...

Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians says Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa speaks to The Times Read more...

Michael Oren’s interview with Bob Simon of 60 Minutes and the attempt by Israel, its embassy in the United States and syndicate of lobbying groups to prevent the report in some capacity from airing. Read more....

Armenian residents of Jerusalem’s Old City are protesting a municipal decision to designate a parking lot in the area solely for Jews, although part of it stands on land belonging to the Armenian Patriarchate. Read More..

While reporting on the Holy Land's vanishing Christian population, 60 Minutes stumbled on Taybeh -- a tiny village where Jesus stayed on the eve of his crucifixion. Read More...

Palestinian Christians have been leaving their homelasnd in large numbers for years. The Christian population there is down to less than two percent, and the prospect of holy sites, like Jerusalem and Bethlehem, without local Christians is looming as a real possibility.The exodus from the Holy Land of Palestinian Christians could eventually leave holy cities like Jerusalem and Bethlehem without a local Christian population, Bob Simon, for CBS...

Le Comité exécutif du COE a publié une déclaration faisant part de sa préoccupation concernant la disparition de demandeurs et demandeuses d'asile originaires de la Corne de l'Afrique et de l'Afrique du Nord. Cherchant à franchir la frontière entre l'Égypte et Israël, ces personnes sont souvent à la merci des trafiquants d'êtres humains opérant dans le désert du Sinaï.

In June 2011, the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist church adopted a resolution that has now been sent as a petition to the General Conference 2012. The resolution calls for a just and lasting peace for all Israelis and Palestinians, including an end to all military sales to the whole region.

In 2011, seven UMC annual conferences have passed near-identical resolutions in this direction to this for their...