Palestinian Liberation Theology (PLT), which fuses liberation theology with a new weaponized variant of Christian supersessionism and Palestinian Nationalism, continues to have an enormous impact on the Western Church. PLT has had little impact in the Middle East and the Muslim World for obvious reasons. It is a different story in the West, however. PLT was embraced with enthusiasm by progressive and liberal denominations that share its theological presuppositions and core ideological convictions about social justice and the belief that God is always on the side of the poor and the oppressed.

These denominations embraced with enthusiasm the 2009 Kairos Palestine Document, a political and theological manifesto produced by a coalition of Palestinian clergy, academics and activists. The document promotes antizionism and calls for the Church to embrace the BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) against Israel. Antizionism is a form of Jew-hatred that seeks to erase the Jewish people and destroy their indigenous homeland by promoting three main libels: settler colonialism, apartheid and genocide.

In 2025, the Kairos Palestine movement released an updated version of the manifesto. Kairos Palestine II doubles down on the manifesto’s libels and argues the destruction of Gaza was not merely a consequence of war but rather a deliberate act of genocide intended to finish what the State of Israel had intended to accomplish all along. The document rejects the argument that Israel has any biblical right to the promised land and renews its call for the Church to punish Israel by means of the BDS movement.

Well, antizionism has now officially gone mainline or at least it’s on its way. The Church of England’s General Synod has voted to “stand in solidarity” with the Palestinian people and “hear” the Kairos Palestine II document which asserts Israel is guilty of genocide, justifies the unfathomably evil events of October 7 and describes Israel as a “colonial enterprise built on racism.”