Church betrays Israel!

Christians across the UK have been horrified by news that the Church of England General Synod has betrayed Israel by voting for a seriously antisemitic document called Kairos Palestine.

It purports to express solidarity with Palestinian Christians while accusing Israel of genocide, colonisation, and ethnic cleansing. It even appears to justify the October 7, 2023, massacre of Jews on the basis of “decades of injustice, oppression and displacement” in Gaza.

In a Revelation TV studio discussion of the debacle, presenter Simon Barrett said it represented “a pure Islamic agenda wrapped up in Christian theology” – biblically heretical and a complete denial of Scripture.

Rev Tim Guttman said the document was full of lies and antisemitism, adding: “Somebody needs to stand up and say, ‘You brood of vipers’,” referring to the way Jesus denounced the religious leaders of his day.

Mr Guttman said it would spell the end of the institution in the same way that the Methodists have suffered haemorrhage since calling for a boycott of Israel some years ago.

“When you mess with Israel you’re poking God in the eye,” he said. (Israel is several times referred to as ‘the apple of God’s eye’ in the Bible).

He went on: “Christians are calling for the destruction of the only democracy in the Middle East.” And this was especially mystifying after their recent apology for a millennium of antisemitism, a reference to a 2022 Anglican event in Oxford marking 800 years since English clerics passed a motion that subsequently led to the banishment of Jews from this country.

Also taking part in the programme was Pastor Regan King, who said: “The Anglican Church has lost its mooring. This is a gospel issue.”

Charles Gardner is author of Israel the Chosen, available from Amazon; Peace in Jerusalem, available from olivepresspublisher.com; To the Jew First, A Nation Reborn, and King of the Jews, all available from Christian Publications International.