BDS key to a
"just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist
3 October 2012
“Kairos Palestine
addresses all Christians in the world, asking them to stand against injustice
embodied in Israel’s multi-formed oppression of Palestinians, Christians and
Muslims,” he said.
Kassis
also stresses unity between Christian and Muslim Palestinians, a topic he has
researched extensively. “In 2008, two colleagues and I conducted a study,” he
said. “We found that the main reason for Christian emigration was the lack of
political stability (around 35 percent) and the very least significant reason
was religious persecution and discrimination (less than 0.8 percent).
Muslim-Christian relations were strong and solid for the last 1,500 years” (“Palestinian Christians: Facts,
Figures and Trends,”
Diyar, 2008 [PDF]).
