The ACoC is urging its members to write a letter:
In pressing for a lasting ceasefire, international leaders including Canada must recognize the recent violence as a symptom of decades-long failure of the international community, State of Israel, and leaders of the Palestinian community in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem to make difficult but necessary commitments to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Canada must publicly recognize that no lasting peace is possible without justice, and without the adherence of all parties to the rule of law, especially those on which the international community has agreed, including the Geneva Conventions and the protection of non-combatants in militarily occupied territories. Ending the siege of Gaza and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank are two critical steps toward achieving justice and toward adherence to the rule of law.
The first paragraph is the decoy to create an illusion of impartiality.
In the second paragraph we get down to business. The ‘injustices’ singled out for special mention are: Israel’s siege of Gaza, civilian loss of life – presumably civilians in Gaza killed by Israelis – and the occupation of the West bank. No mention of the thousands of rockets fired at Israeli civilians from Gaza; no mention of the use of humans shields by Hamas; no mention of Hamas murdering its own people; no mention of the fact that Israel attempts to protect non-combatants, while Hamas deliberately targets them.
In short, another biased, pompously self-righteous, anti-Israel philippic from Fred Hiltz, the leftist interloper who has hijacked the Anglican church of Canada.
I would be delighted if Hiltz had high jacked the ACoC. That would mean that the church was an unwilling hostage to his apostasy. I’m afraid that the truth is that he has widespread support.
I continue to pray for our faithful brethren in the ACoC