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Kairos Palestine and Global Kairos for Justice -- a broad coalition including Palestinian Christians and international church leaders and networks -- have issued "Cry for Hope," an urgent call to end the oppression of the Palestinian people. Already, thousands of Christian leaders and church members around the world have endorsed it.
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get our freedom back? For this is the only way you can help the two peoples attain justice, peace, security and love." Kairos Palestine ~ Dec. 2009
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