Resources

In anticipation of 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 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 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

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

Documentaries

No Other Land

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

South Africa’s Genocide Case at the ICJ

Podcasts

Across the Divide

This is Palestine Podcast

The Mondoweiss Podcast

Occupied Thoughts

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