Or perhaps it is creating a smoke screen to conceal from the unwary that, by loudly denouncing anti-Semitism, no one will notice that it is working quietly to undermine Israel.<\/p>\n
Here<\/a> you can learn the Anglican Church of Canada’s view on \u201cwhat it means to be anti-Semitic in the contemporary context\u201d – a<\/em>lthough, I can’t see why the\u00a0contemporary context<\/em> would be any different from any other context, so I am left with the uneasy suspicion that this is code for something unsavoury.<\/p>\n And here<\/a> you can read one reaction to the Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s sponsoring of a conference on \u201covercoming Christian Zionism\u201d:<\/p>\n Later this month, Canadian Friends of Sabeel will hold a conference on \u201covercoming Christian Zionism.\u201d Sabeel describes itself as an \u201cecumenical Palestinian liberation theology centre\u201d that is \u201cworking for justice, peace and reconciliation in Palestine-Israel.\u201d In reality, it is a group that promotes a misrepresentation of events in the Middle East. The conference slated for Vancouver is explicitly aimed at undermining Israel among its North American Christian supporters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Or perhaps it is creating a smoke screen to conceal from the unwary that, by loudly denouncing anti-Semitism, no one will notice that it is working quietly to undermine Israel. Here you can learn the Anglican Church of Canada’s view … Continue reading