Since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, more than 33,000 Palestinians living in Gaza have been killed by Israeli attacks, including over 14,000 children and 9,000 women, with several thousand more missing and trapped under rubble. Nearly the entirety of the 2.3 million people who live in Gaza have been displaced and blockaded by Israel, actions which have cut off access to food, clean water, and medical supplies. Universities, hospitals, schools, and homes have been razed to the ground, with as many as 62% of all buildings in Gaza.

Such horrific scales of death and destruction demands us to ask the question raised by Judith Butler: Whose life is grievable? What does the loss of Palestinian life mean in the midst of such an impersonal roll call of statistics?

On 29 May at Cityside Baptist Church, Mt Eden, we will be gathering for the first of our “Can Christianity be saved” series to discuss Christian Zionism. What is it, where did it come from, and how is it related to the ongoing conflict and genocide in Gaza?

This conversation, hosted by Metanoia, shall feature guest speakers Steve Tollestrup and Sophie Fasi-Mohenoa. RSVP at the Facebook event here.