Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


September, 2006

Solidarity with Israel rally, NYC

Friday, September 15th, 2006

From Gary Bauer:
I have written before about my work with Christians United For Israel (CUFI), founded by Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. CUFI is an association of pro-Israel churches, ministries and individuals working together to speak with one voice in support of Israel.
CUFI is participating in the Solidarity with […]

Anti-Judaism

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

by William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
“How odd / Of God / To choose / The Jews.” Thus the British journalist (and communist) William Norman Ewer, in the early part of the last century. The reply came from Cecil Browne: “But not so odd / As those who choose / A Jewish God / But spurn […]

Khatami Comes to National Cathedral

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

by Mark D. Tooley, FrontPage Magazine
One of the most unsavory of the Iranian theocracy’s numerous human rights abuses is its persecution of non-Muslims, including Christians.
Not overly concerned with religious liberty, or even the plight of fellow Christians, Washington’s National Cathedral is throwing open its doors today (Thursday) for former Iranian President and Islamic cleric […]

AFI welcomes agreement

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

ANGLICANS FOR ISRAEL today welcomed the joint agreement between the Anglican Church and the Chief Rabbis of Israel as a great step forward to a new and happy concord between the Anglican Church and the Jewish people. AFI director Simon McIlwaine said:
“This is an historic agreement on a par with Nostra Aetate. The Communique is […]

A great step forward

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury and Chief Rabbis sign historic agreement
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger today signed a joint Declaration which sets out a framework for continuing dialogue between them. Dr Williams described the agreement as historic:
“This is a most […]

Jihadist threat goes unreported

Monday, September 4th, 2006

A letter to the editor of the San Francisco Chronicle from David Meir-Levi:
Jaxon Van Derbeken’s “Everyone needs to be killed” (SF Chron, 9.1.06, B-1), tells us how, on Tuesday evening (8/29/06), a 29-year-old Afghani, Omeed Aziz Popal, went on a rampage in his father’s SUV in San Francisco, killing one man and sending 14 other […]