Apartheid-Free Communities
Poster Courtesy of United Methodist Kairos Response.
United Methodist Kairos Response will introduce a new campaign, "Apartheid-Free Communities," a new campaign being organized this year by faith-based and civil society partners, during a webinar at noon Eastern Daylight Time Wednesday, March 15. Register.
According to the organization's press release, "The international human rights community agrees: Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people amounts to apartheid." Among those denouncing Israel's recent attacks on Palestinians are Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Sciences Research Council, Israel's human rights center, B'Tselem, Israeli human rights organization, Yesh Din, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commissionfor Western Asia (UN ESCWA).
The UMKR release continued: "In the first two months of 2023, we have seen the current Israeli regime horrifically doubling down on the brutal oppression of Palestinians. World powers are doing nothing to curb this frightening escalation.
"Nevertheless, citizens of the world are standing up to expose and reject Israeli apartheid and to put their words of opposition into action."
The webinar panel will include a member of Israel's parliament, Aida Touma-Sliman; a world-renowned political commentator, Diana Buttu; and the leader of the coalition launching Apartheid-Free Communities, Dov Baum.