Category: News and thoughts

The Israel-hunting Lobby

March 13th, 2006
The Labour Government has tried to ban hunting with hounds, but without success. Packs of dogs still go hunting, under the pretext that they are engaged in a non-violent sport, like hound trailing. The Sabeel Pack, for instance, pretends it is merely… more »

The Protocols of the Elders of Sabeel

March 12th, 2006
In a gloomy subterranean chamber, several miles below the Sabeel Centre, shrouded figures sit around a large stone table. A few misshapen candles provide a dim and flickering light, and cast large shadows of the Elders on the rough cave walls rising hi… more »

Catholic Whispers about a Jewish Musician

March 10th, 2006
Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia is normally busy giving us all the very latest Catholic gossip – sometimes almost before it happens. He must be a big fan of Matisyahu, as he has broken into his usual non-stop news-gathering to give his musical he… more »

The Sabeel pack snarls, barks, threatens to bite Church of England

March 9th, 2006
Just when certain anti-Semites thought they were driving the Church of England, like some enormous Caterpillar bulldozer, towards Israel, in the hope of demolishing it, the Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) has put the brakes on and stopped the m… more »

Good news, but not for good reasons

March 8th, 2006
You can hear the grinding of journalistic teeth as you read Ekklesia breaking the news that the Anglican Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group has decided not to disinvest from Caterpillar after all. Ekklesia describes itself as a Christian thin… more »