Resources
In preparation for meaningful learning and engagement at the conference, please read the following three resources before the conference. The first two are statements written by Palestinian and Middle Eastern Christians calling on us in the West to respond to what is happening in Gaza. The third resource is a recently published book by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac about Gaza and Christian support for the war. In many respects, this conference is framed as a faithful North American Christian response to the calls of our siblings in Palestine and the Middle East.
A Call for Repentance: An Open Letter from Palestinian Christians to Western Church Leaders and Theologians
A Collective Call to the Global Church from Middle East Evangelical Leaders
Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and Genocide in the Gaza by Rev. Munther Isaac
If you would like to dig deeper and learn more about the situation in Palestine-Israel, the following resources should be helpful in providing the background information about the history and politics of the region, as well as the theological issues involved in uncritical Christian support for Israel and the war, and our responsibility as believers in advocating for peace and justice for both Palestinians and Israelis.
Theology
Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza
Munther Isaac
Faith in the Face of Empire
Mitri Raheb
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope
Munther Isaac
Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible
Mitri Raheb
Through My Enemy’s Eyes: Envisioning Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine
Salim J Munayer and Lisa Loden
Whose Land? Whose Promise?
Gary Burge
A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: The Bible, Justice and the Palestine-Israel Conflict
Naim Ateek
Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon?
Stephen Sizer
Occupied with Nonviolence: A Palestinian Woman Speaks
Jean Zaru
History
Palestinians and Israelis: A Short History of Conflict
Michael Scott-Baumann
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Nur Masalha
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
Rashid Khalidi
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappe
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit
Politics
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart
A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine
Chris Hedges
On Palestine
Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tough Questions, Direct Answers
Dale Hanson Burke
Fiction
The Lemon Tree
Sandy Tolan
Mornings in Jenin
Susan Abulhawa
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
Mahmoud Darwish
Podcasts
Across the Divide Podcast
Christ at the Checkpoint Podcast
This is Palestine Podcast
The Mondoweiss Podcast
Occupied Thoughts Podcast
Documentaries
No Other Land
Where the Olive Trees Weep
Occupation 101
The Stones Cry Out
With God on Our Side
‘Til Kingdom Come
5 Broken Cameras
The Wanted 18
Israelism
Documents
Kairos Palestine Document
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity
Amnesty International
When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the peacemaker do?
Rula Khoury-Mansour
Identifying Antisemitism and Racism in Talk about Israel and Palestine
Lisa Schirch
Shoulder to Shoulder: A Faith-Rooted Primer for Understanding & Addressing Bigotry in the U.S. amid the Violence in Israel-Palestine
South Africa’s Genocide Case at the ICJ
Social Media
IMEU
Jewish Voice for Peace
Middle East Eye
Eye on Palestine
Breaking the Silence
News & Analysis
Middle East Eye
Al Jazeera
972 Magazine
Democracy Now
Mondoweiss