A Call to Our Church in a Time of Moral Reckoning: UMKR Responds to the War in Palestine/Israel

United Methodist Kairos Response, a trusted partner with WMJM in justice work has issued the following statement about events in Palestine and Israel:

United Methodists in UMKR, like so many throughout our church, are weeping for the people of the Holy Land. We decry the indiscriminate attacks on all civilians, both Israelis and Palestinians. We mourn with those who are grieving for the dead, we suffer for those who are injured, starving, or living in fear today, and we seek the safe release of all the political captives held by both the state of Israel and Hamas. We pray fervently for the millions in Gaza who are living through the ghastly terror of a genocidal military assault.

UMKR deplores the targeting of unarmed Israeli civilians during the Hamas military attack on October 7. It was a criminal act committed by a militant force that has emerged from a brutally oppressed population, terrorized for decades by a frighteningly powerful apartheid state with the permission and aid of the world's mightiest nations. …

READ MORE OF THEIR STATEMENT AND FIND UPDATES ON THE UMKR WEBSITE.