Dexter Van Zile

CMEP Reconsiders the Goldstone Report

In its recent newsletter, Churches for Middle East Peace covered the controversy surrounding the Goldstone Report in a relatively straightforward manner.

CMEP Invoked Goldstone Then – Says Nothing Now

Churches for Middle East Peace invoked the Goldstone Report as the Gospel truth about Operation Cast Lead but has not taken notice of the recent admission from its chief author that he got it wrong.

Maintaining the Veil of Silence

Paul-Gordon Chandler uses the pages of the Christian Century to maintain the veil of silence over Muslim hostility toward Coptic Christians in Egypt.

A Slow and Grudging Retreat in the Face of the Obvious

John Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani from the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University do the best they can to downplay Muslim extremism in an essay about that very subject. It's not enough.

Too Many at Once

When Islamist terrorists murdered more than 50 Christians at a Church in Baghdad on Oct. 31, they overwhelmed the capacity of Western intellectuals to sweep Islamist violence under the rug.

Fame Comes for the Archbishop

When Melkite Archbishop Bustros attacked Israel in the Vatican last week, it was only the tip of the iceberg on a number of levels.