From here:
Diocese of Jerusalem praying for peace in Gaza and regionAs bombing in Gaza continues, Bishop Suheil is in regular communication with Al Ahli Hospital there to ensure that staff and families are safe. The Diocese of Jerusalem continues to hold the people of Gaza and the region in its prayers, hoping that the violence will end soon.
The question is, why did we not read of the Diocese of Jerusalem praying that “the violence will end soon” when Hamas was firing rockets into Israel before Israel responded? Why do we not hear Bishop Suheil Dawani praying for Hamas to accept a perfectly reasonable cease-fire proposal that Israel was prepared to accept? Why do we not hear the Bishop of Jerusalem making statements condemning Hamas’s intent to destroy Israel and kill all its inhabitants? Why don’t we hear the Anglican Church in the Middle East condemning Hamas for hiding behind its civilians and then using the inevitable civilian deaths in their disgusting propaganda? Why does the Anglican Church not recognise and condemn Hamas for what it really is: a demonic death cult?
Why, why, why; surely the answer is not that the Anglican Church has an anti-Israel bias?.
Hmm. Still seems to me that Netanyahu must be delighted that Hamas are being so stupid. Netanyahu has never really wanted peace, I don’t think, and this situation is serving him well.
I don’t think the Anglican Church has a bias against the state of Israel. As a Christian, I am not for the Jews or the Arabs, I am for the triune God. I am also for peace everywhere.
I echo Michael Li’s comments. Further, the Diocese did issue a statement earlier in July that addressed much of David’s comments with respect to the kidnapping of youth a few weeks ago.
See the following link:
http://www.j-diocese.org/resources/file/news/HoC%209%20July%20Statement.pdf
On the contrary, the July 9th statement reinforces my point: by that time, it was clear that Israel would retaliate and only then did the diocese come out with a statement.
Before then, Hamas rocket attacks had already injured thousands of Israelis, killed at least 60 and created a atmosphere of terror.
Here’s an interesting perspective from David Pileggi, an Anglican priest in Jerusalem:
“Why?” x 6?????? (6 as in per 6 million)?
Daniel Greenfield/’Sultan Knish’ provides a painfully instructive reply in his,
“It Was Another ‘Death To The Jews’ Week-end…Where What Is Really Dying Is The West”; v. israelnationalnews.com, Monday, July 21, 2014/23 Tammuz 5774.
Once the liberal Churches remove their WCC-prescribed progressive pink lenses, they shall see in starkest relief twenty centuries of Real Blood libel now progressing into twenty-one centuries.