Rowan Williams, continuing his cycle of platitudes:

He continued: “People of all faiths in this country will want to join their voices to the statements of the Christian Muslim Forum and the Council of Christians and Jews in urging a return to the ceasefire and efforts to secure a lasting peace. We must unite in urging all those who have the power to halt this spiral of violence to do so.

“Those raising the stakes through the continuation of indiscriminate violence seem to have forgotten nothing and learned nothing. It must surely be clear that, whilst peace will not wipe out the memory of all past wrongs, it is the only basis for the future flourishing of both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.

“Return to a ceasefire”?

Since 2001 around 4000 missiles and the same number of mortar shells have been lobbed from Gaza into civilian targets in Israel. Where were Rowan’s articles imploring Hamas to stop their terrorist aggression? There don’t seem to be any; instead, Rowan once again reveals his leftist roots and wades in with criticism of Israel. So “returning to a ceasefire” is really doublespeak for getting Israel to stop defending itself and allowing Hamas to continue firing rockets.