United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR)

Partner

Jun 4

In October 2010, United Methodist clergy and laity from around the United States came together in a grass roots effort to respond to the “Kairos Palestine Document.” This document is an urgent plea from Christians in the Holy Land for decisive action in support of a just peace. It is a powerful call to churches around the world to go beyond merely talking about peace and take real steps to help bring a just peace to the people of Israel and Palestine.

United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR) began with a single purpose: encouraging our church to divest its holdings in companies that support and profit from Israel's occupation. The UMKR movement includes thousands of United Methodists in dozens of annual conferences throughout the United Methodist Church, whose goal is to bring about a just peace for Israelis as well as Palestinians. UMKR also works with allies in many other faith communities and organizations around the world. Together and globally, people of conscience are giving hope to those whose lives have been all but destroyed by war and military occupation.

Resources

Oct 15, 2025

Understanding Palestine and Israel, with Phyllis Bennis

Oct 15, 2025

Presented by United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR) and Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA)

Phyllis Bennis stands among the world's most knowledgeable and insightful analysts on the Middle East. The author of an indispensable primer on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, she has a gift for providing clear and accessible explanations for complex issues.

In this very special webinar, we will explore with her some of the most challenging questions that people around the world are grappling with, including: What are the root causes and the purpose of Israel's genocidal war that has raged since Oct 7, 2023? What should we know and understand about Hamas? In light of the ever-worsening horrors unfolding in Gaza, what are the most useful actions we can take? What to think of various plans that are arising for Gaza's future?

Oct 15, 2025

Jul 10, 2025

The "Gazafication" of the West Bank

Jul 10, 2025

Rampant ethnic cleansing, terrifying rise in state-sanctioned violence, tens of thousands made homeless and entire communities disappeared...

We are NOT speaking of Gaza, that is the WEST BANK today.

With genocidal horrors continuing in Gaza, and the recent violent exchange between Israel and Iran, it is too easy for the world to overlook the extraordinary crimes Israel has been committing in the West Bank.

Military attacks on refugee camps, destruction of entire villages, vigilante settlers terrorizing Palestinian towns, extreme restriction of movement, mass arrests, prisoners tortured, almost 1000 Palestinians killed in 2025 including hundreds of children, and 29 communities completely uprooted - all this is being done by Israel with impunity and with little notice from the world. This, while Israel also sets new records for the expansion of illegal settlement homes.

Israel is betting that these crimes will not shock the world, not compared to the atrocities it is committing in Gaza. But the millions of Palestinian children and adults in the West Bank must not be abandoned by the world.

Our eyes see and our hearts are with the Palestinians of the West Bank too.

Jul 10, 2025

Mar 12, 2025

#BoycottChevron for Human Rights and Planet Earth

Mar 12, 2025

Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC

Chevron supports Israel's apartheid regime and its genocidal war against Palestinians while also bringing environmental destruction to countries around the world.

This webinar is to learn how and why United Methodists and many others across diverse justice movements are answering the call to #BoycottChevron.

Mar 12, 2025