June 23, 2005

Lord Carey: Christians owe Israel

Someone sent me an article about the Anglican Church in the UK considering divestment from Israeli businesses "supporting the occupation of Palestinian territory." Not a big deal really but what struck me, but didn't surprise me, was the way Lord (George) Carey expressed his opposition to the proposal:
Lord Carey, strongly criticized the concept of sanctions.

"Israelis are already traumatized and feel that the world is against them," he said at the launch of a new human-rights initiative. "This proposal, if it is agreed, would be another knife in the back. Christians who owe so much to the Hebrew Scriptures and to Israel itself should not be among those who attack Israel in such a way."
Now earlier in the article "a source within the Anglican Church" said
We are fearful that the Christian presence in the Holy Land is dwindling. Our constituency are the Palestinian Christians. They are losing ground every day, they can't go to work, can't go to church. So the well-off and educated are leaving Palestine and the community is drying up.
So which Christians does Carey have in mind? The Phalangists? the Bush administration? Who knows?

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