Palestinian Christians urge Western believers to repent

Palestinian Christians have urged Western church leaders and theologians to repent of voicing ‘uncritical support for Israel’ and ‘re-examine’ their positions.

A group of Christians, including Kairos Palestine, Bethlehem Bible College, and Christ at the Checkpoint, has published an open letter saying they ‘grieve and lament the renewed cycle of violence in our land’.

Many of the group say they have lost family and friends in the Israeli airstrikes; and the bombardment of the ancient Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church wiped out entire Palestinian Christian families,