Anglicans for Israel

This grotesque event, reported in the Jerusalem Post, was evidently a magnet for the usual suspects:
Oxford University is this week holding an “Israeli Apartheid week.” Hosted by the Palestinian Society, and sanctioned by the university’s student union, flyers state it is to commemorate the “30th anniversary of the international convention on the suppression and […]

One site that we should have added to our links a long time ago but somehow overlooked is called Christian Hate?, describing itself as follows: “A Christian challenges Christian Aid over biased campaigning on Israel and Palestine, and speaks out against the demonization of Israel in the wider Church”. This site is definitely worth […]

For those interested in offensive cartoons, here is a not untypical example of the type of cartoon emanating from Iran - courtesy of Memri, via Davids Medienkritik:

The heading apparently reads: ‘Holocaust (Hitler’s human burning ovens)’. Charming.
Now where are the baying mobs?

Ruth Gledhill’s weblog in The Times includes a article by the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, due to be published tomorrow in the Jewish Chronicle. The Chief Rabbi frequently avoids what he sees as unnecessary public bickering and conflict with the Church, but clearly he is distressed by the Church of England’s recent decision […]

For British TV viewers, a notice from the BBC’s Newsnight programme:
“We are leading tonight’s programme on a significant escalation in a row over the Church of England Synod’s vote to review its investment in the company Caterpillar.
The vote came about because of complaints that the company’s bulldozers are used by the Israelis to demolish […]

In a time of Hamas terrorists getting elected into government, threats against Christians in Gaza, Iranian nukes and widespread anti-Semitic attacks, it is odd that the Church of England feels it necessary to jump on the anti-Israeli bandwagon. But there are at least some positive things going on elsewhere. From the Adventist News […]