PRESS INVITE: Discussion with Palestinian Christian delegation
20 August 2015
Members of the media are invited to a public discussion this evening (Thursday, 20 August) with a group of visiting Palestinian Christians (who are in South Africa for the 30th anniversary of the Kairos Document). The title of the discussion is "Israel: A Palestinian Christian Perspective".
The visiting Palestinian Christian delegation will share their Christian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the question of Israeli "apartheid" and whether they back the boycott of Israel.
Participants will include:
HIND KHOURY
Ms Hind Khoury, from Bethlehem, is the former PLO Ambassador to France, former Palestinian Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and the current Secretary General of Kairos Palestine (the Palestinian Christian liberation theology organization). Click here for a short YouTube interview with Ms. Hind Khoury:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4FhZAbm04w
MS NORA CARMI
Ms Nora Carmi, from Jerusalem, is previously of the Palestinian Christian liberation theology organization, Sabeel. Carmi now serves on the leadership of Kairos Palestine. Click here for a short YouTube video of Ms. Nora Carmi:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjkgfJfWPpk
YUSEF DAHER
Yusef Daher, from Jerusalem, is the executive secretary of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre that facilitates contacts, information sharing and deliberation among Churches in Jerusalem. Click here for a video interview with Yusef Daher:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuUTScieYL8
REVEREND ROBERT SMITH
Reverend Robert O. Smith is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church and currently serves as co-moderator of the Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum of the World Council of Churches. Smith is also an author of several books. Click here for more information on Reverend Smith including the titles of his books:
www.amazon.com/Robert-O.-Smith/e/B00BYDPD4U
EVENT DETAILS
DATE: Today (Thursday, 20 August)
TIME: 18h30 for 19h00
VENUE: 10 Floor, 23 Jorrissen Street, Braamfontein, JHB
PARKING: Available on Stiemens Street (off Bertha Road)
RSVP: churches@bdssouthafrica.com / 0114032097
SPEAKERS: Ms Hind Khoury (Bethlehem) Secretary General of Kairos Palestine, Ms Nora Carmi (Jerusalem) Kairos Palestine, Reverend Yusef Daher (Jerusalem) Inter Church Centre and Pastor Robert Smith (Jerusalem) World Council of Churches.
The Kairos Document (KD) was a theological statement issued in 1985 by a group of South African theologians. The exact names of the authors of the Kairos Document have never (officially) been released. It is widely thought though that Reverend Frank Chikane, a black Pentecostal pastor and theologian, and Father Albert Nolan, a white Roman Catholic priest and member of the Dominican Order, were the authors. The statement and document challenged the churches' response to what the authors saw as the "vicious policies of Apartheid". The KD, considered a form of liberation theology, evoked strong reactions and furious debates not only in South Africa, but world-wide. Similar documents and writings have subsequently been produced by Christian liberation theologians in several other countries and contexts including in Palestine. Click here for more information on the 1985 Kairos Document:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairos_Document
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