Dexter Van Zile

Sabeel’s Rhetoric Questioned by Jewish Peace Activists

Jeff Halper (left) recently suggested that Israelis are contemplating a “final solution” in regards to the Palestinians at a recent Sabeel conference but other Jewish activists are questioning the organization’s rhetoric and agenda.

Methodists Invite Children Into Alternate Universe

A United Methodist Church children’s book “From Palestine to Seattle: Becoming Neighbors and Friends,” and the accompanying Sunday school teacher’s manual, invites children into an alternate universe in which Israeli concessions and withdrawals bring about an end to Palestinian violence. Sadly, no such universe exists. And in its upside down version of reality, the book portrays Israeli security checkpoints as the cause, not the result, of Palestinian violence.  

CAMERA Letter in Los Angeles Times on Sabeel

The letter points out that "If Rev. Dr. Ateek's [left] approach to peacemaking is 'theologically correct,' as he asserts, then we must be living in the Middle Ages."

The Mennonites’ Mission

The Mennonite Central Committee assails Israel's legitimacy through the writings of its activists and through MCC-produced films about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Methodist Manual Maligns Israel, Stereotypes Jews

The United Methodist Church has published a shamefully biased and inaccurate book about the Arab-Israeli conflict that portrays the Jewish people as too paranoid and psychologically damaged by the Holocaust to be trusted with self-determination.

CAMERA Letters in Playboy Respond to Anti-Israel Column

The letters address falsehoods and distortions in Jonathan Tasini's one-sided, anti-Israel October 2007 Forum column. In a note appended to the letters, Playboy noted that CAMERA readers critiqued Tasini's article with a "deluge" of complaints.