Israeli occupation must end, Christian leaders say

The leaders of the thirteen Christian communities serving in the Palestinian territories -- including Latin and Orthodox patriarchs -- have declared the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories a "sin against God and humanity" and urged Christians everywhere to nonviolently intervene to end its injustices.

"Today, we have reached a dead end in the tragedy of the Palestinian people," wrote the authors of the Kairos Palestine Document, which was issued last month.

"The decision-makers content themselves with managing the crisis rather than committing themselves to the serious task of resolving it," the document says. "The problem is not just a political one. It is a policy in which human beings are destroyed, and this must be of concern to the church."

The prelates of all thirteen Christian communities in the Palestinian territories endorsed the document.

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