Mennonite Central Committee Defends Dinner With Ahmadinejad
The Mennonite Central Committee has issued a deceptive and naive statement defending its sponsorship of a recent dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Christian Issues
Rev.’s Kinnamon and Thomas Get it Right on Ahmadinejad
Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches and John Thomas, president and general minister of the United Church of Christ, acknowledge that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an inappropriate partner for interfaith dialogue.
SECOND UPDATE: The World Council of Churches Holds Promised Land up to Scrutiny
Updated, September 5. The World Council of Churches will scrutinize Biblical teachings regarding the "Promised Land" at a conference later this month.Walking With Angels at the National Catholic Reporter
The National Catholic Reporter’s recent lionization of Robert Fisk underscores the publication’s persistent anti-Israel bias.
Presbyterian Officials Prepare for General Assembly With Bait and Switch Tactics
A few weeks after the PC(USA) issued a statement acknowledging anti-Jewish bias in its witness about the Arab-Israeli conflict, it withdrew the document and issued a watered-down version. When Jewish leaders complained, the denomination's press officer responded with an ugly ad-hominem. CAMERA Op-Ed in Jewish Exponent: “Christian ‘Peace’ Group’s Medieval-Style Hatred”
CAMERA's Op-Ed, published on April 24 in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, notes that some speakers at conferences hosted by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center talk about the modern State of Israel the way Christians talked about Jews in Medieval Europe. Rev. Wall Errs, Again
Responding to Chicago Jewish leaders who challenged his refusal to accept Jewish sovereignty, Rev. James Wall, a longtime columnist for the Christian Century, distorts the historical record.
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."