Category: News and thoughts
‘Christian peacemakers’ find it more sexy to criticize Israelis than Palestinians
July 3rd, 2007In spite of the Patriarch of Jerusalem’s claims that if only the 'occupation' would end, then peace will break out, the Christians of Gaza find that it is not the Palestinian heaven he promised. The Jews, blamed for all Arab ills, have obligingly left,… more »
Sighting of a rare bird, I mean Bishop
June 29th, 2007While the United Methodist Church’s call for divestment is described as “bordering on anti-Semitism”, it’s good to be reminded that not all Church leaders are similarly prejudiced.
Irene Lancaster has drawn our attention to a debate in the House of L… more »
Jerusalem Church Leaders Simultaneously Lose their Memory
June 13th, 2007I was about to suggest that if the Jerusalem Church leaders were little wooden puppets, they would have very, very long noses by now, but let’s be charitable. Perhaps they are entering their dotage and forgetting where they left their slippers, whether… more »
Hamas undermines work of Pax Christi, Sabeel, EAPPI, etc
June 11th, 2007Poor things. After all their efforts to remove the anti-terrorist barrier and allow Palestinian mass-murderers to return to carrying out regular massacres of Israeli men, women and children, Pax Christi, Sabeel, EAPPI, etc, have been undermined by Hama… more »
Sabeel, Hamas and other anti-Semites
June 3rd, 2007It might not come as a surprise to find Sabeel, Hamas and other anti-Semites getting on like a house on fire. After all, they understand one another so well.
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs has turned the spotlight on this particular grubb… more »