Interesting, not necessarily merry, Christmas-themed articles here and here
Richard Millett's report on the replica "Wall" (the one that defends Israelis against suicide bombers) outside St James's Church , Piccadilly here
(More photos of that, the church's latest Israel-demonising initiative, by an old chum of ours here)
And a special mention of Christian reader Ian G. for the many pro-Israel articles and articles of Jewish interest on his blog (born during the past year) here
Bibi's Christmas message here
Merry Christmas Christian readers, I hope you survived the day with most of your sanity intact.
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I notice Jews Down Under has picked up on this and have a good article on the background.
Danny Ayalon – “TheTruth about ………..”
http://jewsdownunder.wordpress.com/2013/12/25/danny-ayalon-thetruth-about/
Rebuttal The Real Truth about Palestine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jjOOpEvMHA
I'll have a look, Ian. Thanks for all your links.
DeleteThank you very much, Daphne. I had a positive comment from Shirl in Oz as well. Lovely gifts to receive on Christmas Day. St. James' Piccadilly is viewed with askance bordering on horror by most evangelical Anglicans and many Anglo-Catholic Anglicans. It compromises the faith in so many ways and it comes as no surprise to learn of its attitude to Israel. I would hesitate to call it Christian without a massive conditional clause explaining how big a gap exists between my approach and theirs on many, many things aside from Israel.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ian. I nearly called it a ratbag leftist liberation theology church but didn't want to sound too unkind.
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