Palestinian Kairos - Moment of Truth

The article deals with a document "Moment of truth: A word of faith, hope, and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering", of the Palestinian Kairos initiative. It has a two-fold structure. In the first part it briefly presents the socio-political and theological context of Palestinian Christianity and focuses on recent activities of some foreign churches and church organisations which are working in Palestinian territory. It also highlights the importance of ecumenical activities in Palestine. The author further introduces the document itself, its structure and some significant features and compares it with earlier similar documents of South African churches and of Muslim representatives. The article also presents some reactions of churches and church organisations as well as some negative receptions. The second part includes the author's Czech translation of the document with some comments.

Keywords: Palestine; Israel; Christianity; Churches; Conflict