Resources to help you navigate the ongoing Israel/Palestine Crisis

The following resources are designed to help you navigate and form perspective on the ongoing Israel/Palestine Crisis. 

While there may be differing views held on the issues surrounding the Palestinian/Israeli conflict within the GC network, this is another opportunity to listen to Global Voices across the network. We hope you find this page useful.

• “How should followers of Christ respond to the current situation in Israel/Palestine?" by Rev. Dr. Yohanna Katanacho

• Several excellent articles in the latest INFEMIT newsletter

• ‘Christian Churches and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’, in Concordis Papers VIII, (London: Concordis International Trust, 2010) 1-28. This has a series of articles from an array of views. A consultation held in Cambridge in 2009 is summarized on pp.14–15

• Lausanne Occasional Paper on Jewish Evangelism - LOP 67

• Lausanne Initiative on Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine

• Salim J. Munayer & Lisa Loden (Author) - Through My Enemy's Eyes: Envisioning Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine Paperback. Paternoster 2014. Arab Christian and Messsianic Jew go beyond the rhetoric and competing narratives to the heart of the historical, theological and practical issues

• Munther Isaac, The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope, IVP USA, 2020. 

• Munther Isaac speaking on "Who Is My Neighbour?" at Christ at the Checkpoint 2018 (Youtube video)

• The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides). 3rd ed 2015. by Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Dawoud El-Alami. Reform Rabbi and Muslim scholar-v user friendly introduction, avoids biases

• Brief statement from National Board of Pastors (Jewish and Arab) in Israel

• Richard Harvey: Reconciliation from a Messianic Jewish Perspective (video)

• Towards a Messianic Jewish Theology of Reconciliation: TheStrategic Engagement of Messianic Jewish Discourse in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Paper by Richard Harvey