Bloodthirsty Liberal

Anglican Shenanigans

What do expect from a church founded by Henry VIII? The great Caroline Glick explains:

On February 6, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to impose a selective secondary boycott on Israel. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams supported the motion.

This was not Williams’s first swipe against the Jewish state. To take just one example of his consistent anti-Israel bias, in June 2004, during a visit to Jerusalem, Williams dismissed protocol and harshly criticized Israel for building the security fence to protect its citizens from mass murder.

Britain’s Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks reacted angrily to the synod’s decision. In an explanatory letter to Sacks, Williams defended his church’s move by stating that the church was interested in divesting from companies like Caterpillar - the US firm that produces, among other things, bulldozers that are used by the IDF to demolish structures that facilitate Palestinian terrorism. In his words, “The demolition of Palestinian homes in recent years has been a regular source of controversy, and raises moral issues of some seriousness.”

In a bit of irony, the Church’s vote on divestment from Israel came three days after British Muslims held a demonstration across the street from the Danish embassy in London that raised a few “moral issues of some seriousness” of its own. Demonstrators held signs saying “Jihad against European Crusaders!” and “Europe, Europe, you will pay, annihilation is on its way!”

Among their catchy slogans the demonstrators yelled, “UK, you will pay, 7/7 on its way,” and “We want Danish blood!” For good measure they threw in, “Khaibar, Khaibar, oh Jew, the army of Muhammad is coming for you!”

God knows where and when Europe developed its virulent strain of anti-Semitsm, but isn’t it about time they did something about it?