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REPORT2012FOS Norway applied for and got fundingto host regional seminars with the title,“Promoting the Kingdom of Israel or theKingdom of God?” Three regional seminarswill be held in the spring of 2013.In September, FOS Norway arrangedseminars in Oslo with Ched Myers, basedon recommendations from Naim Ateek.Seminars were held with DiakonhjemmetUniversity College and the MulticulturalChurch Network in Christian Council ofNorway. An interview was held with thelargest Christian newspaper, Vårt Land.FOS Scandinavia and Sweden:The Swedish “Come and See” Conferencein Bethlehem in March 2012 was aninitiative from Bo Forsberg of Diakonia andEmanuel Furbacken of FOS Scandinavia. Itwas a successful conference in cooperationwith Sabeel, Bilda, Diakonia and theCommon Future (Baptist, Methodist andMission Covenant Churches in Sweden),including a great number of youth.In April, FOS Scandinavia held its yearlymeeting in Hammarkullen, Goteborgunder the title, “If Someone Hits You?” Thediscussions, led by well-known Swedishpeace activists Martin Smedjeback and DrHasse Leander, centered on the topics ofnon-violence and the church of empire.During the summer, Emanuel Furbacken andKjell Jonasson of FOS Scandinavia wrotean open letter in the Church Magazinestogether with Gustaf Ödqvist and GoranRask from the Church of Sweden (all ofthem former Middle East secretaries).The letter was sent to the church boardof the Common Future and Church ofSweden with questions about how theywould respond to Kairos Palestine andhow they would, as churches, work forand promote a just peace and an end tothe occupation of Palestine. Both churchboards have promised to respond to thequestions posed in the letter, and theyare invited to the 2013 yearly meeting ofFOS Scandinavia to respond. Also duringthe summer, FOS Scandinavia sent aNorwegian girl to the Sabeel young adultconference and sponsored another youngadult from the South.In September FOS Scandinavia andDiakonia hosted an ecumenical bible studyafternoon with Ched Meyers for clergymenand lay people in Gothenburg. It was agood meeting with a lot of young people.On October 20th, FOS Scandinavia had aPalestine Day in Lund with the theme: “CanYou Hear Us? – A Cry from Palestine!”The day was initiated and organizedby FOS Scandinavia, in cooperation withDiakonia, the Church of Sweden, Diocesesof Lund, Bilda, and the Common Future.Hind Khoury from Jerusalem was the mainspeaker. Bo Forsberg, Director at Diakonia,also addressed the group about BDS,former Archbishop KG Hammar spoke29