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Sabeel-Kairos 2019 Conference: Faith into Action

We are delighted to confirm details for our yearly conference, which will be held this Saturday 29th June at Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, Birmingham B4 7SX.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting four fantastic key speakers. Rifat Kassis, from Kairos Palestine, David Cronin, author and blogger on Israel/Palestine, and Professor Adam Sutcliffe, from Independent Jewish Voices. You can read more about the speakers below.

We will also be hearing about Sabeel-Kairos’s Investing for Peace campaign alongside campaign partner War on Want, and engaging in a panel debate and plenty of discussion! There will be chance to buy Palestinian crafts and food, view exhibitions and information stalls, and meet like-minded supporters from across the UK.

Booking onto the conference

Booking is now closed for our 2019 Conference. If you didn’t manage to book in time then we hope to see you in 2020!

Additional information

For information about travel to and from the venue please follow this link: https://carrslane.co.uk/contact-church/

About our speakers:

Rifat Kassis:

Rifat is the Director of Kairos Palestine and one of it’s founding members. Born in Beit Sahour, Rifat has long been active in the Palestinian struggle on a number of non-violent fronts, not least on the national and international rights-based advocacy scene. He was arrested several times by Israel for his human rights and community work. Throughout his career, he has been advocating and actively campaigning for the effective application of international human rights and humanitarian law in Palestine, through various professional and voluntary positions.

David Cronin:

David is an Irish journalist and political activist living in Brussels. He is associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, and has written for a variety of publications, including including the Guardian and Wall Street Journal Europe. His books include Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel published in 2017 and Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation published in 2010.

Prof Adam Sutcliffe

Adam Sutcliffe is Professor of European History at Kings College London and has an extensive academic record. He is particularly interested in the place of Judaism and Jewish themes in Western thought, on which he has published widely. Adam has frequently been involved in public engagement and expert media commentary, including radio and television interviews, on issues relating to Jewish history, perceptions of Jews and Judaism, minority communities and migration histories in Britain, and approaches to antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other prejudices.

Ryvka Barnard

Ryvka works as Senior Campaigns Officer (Militarism and Security) for War on Want, and campaigns against human rights abuses associated with the growing power of the military and security industry, with a special focus on the UK-Israel arms trade. She writes frequently on the topic in IndyVoices, Middle East Eye and has appeared on the BBC and other broadcast channels discussing these issues. Ryvka has a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from New York University where she specialised in the politics of tourism development in the occupied West Bank. 

Events

Please email us to tell us about your events during the World Week for Peace. We can advertise these for you here, and on partners’ websites.

Newcastle, Saturday 17 September, 10:30am to 4:30pm

Quaker Meeting House, West Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle, NE3 4ES

Wolverhampton, Monday 19 September, 7:30pm

Springdale Methodist Church, Warstones Road, Wolverhampton,WV4 4LE.

Zoughbi Zoughbi, founder and director of Wi’am, the Palestine Conflict Management Centre in Bethlehem, will be speaking.

All welcome

Crowthorne, Berkshire, Tuesday 20th September, 7.30-9.30pm

Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Waterloo Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7NT.

Stories from the Holy Land through words, pictures, drama and music. More details available nearer the time on the Crowthorne Parish Church website

Roby Mill, Skelmersdale, Thursday 22nd September, 10.30am-3.30pm

The Farmhouse, School Lane, Roby Mill, Skelmersdale, WN8 0QT

Using prayer stations, film, art and worship resources from the land called ‘Holy’ we will reflect prayerfully on this year’s World Week for Peace theme and join people of faith around the world seeking peace and justice for both Israelis and Palestinians.

Full details of the event here: 2016_WWPI_Roby_Mill_final

Israel/Palestine – Where’s the Hope? – 22nd September – Salisbury

Resources

There plenty of resources for the World Week for Peace this year!

The UK working group for the WWPPI have produced the following:

• 2016 WWPPI promotional postcard – download or order copies (see below)
• Prayer by Jan Sutch Pickard
• Write to your MP with our Campaign postcard – download or order copies
• Or you can sign the online petition to Boris Johnson
• Fact sheets: Demolitions, Violence, Gaza, and the Cremisan Valley. Download for free.
• Power point presentation with Palestinian case studies and more. Download for free.

In addition, the Iona Community have also produced a wonderful resource for the week ‘Seven Days: Stories and Reflections for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel’ 

You can download the PDF for £3.20 from Wild Goose Publications.

Also, from the World Council of Churches and PIEF there are also a range of resources from Palestine for the week including:

• Resource booklet
• Liturgy resource
• Prayer from Patriarch Emeritus Michel Sabbah

Ordering resources

To order either the promotional postcard or the campaign postcard please email your request to info@friendsofsabeel.org.uk

The resources are free, but we ask you to cover the postage costs if possible.

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