An Unholy Christmas Carol Alliance
J-BIG itself has only a handful of members, but what they lack in numbers they make up for in enthusiasm. This year the group protested the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, and marked the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe” — the Palestinian commemoration of the events of 1948. In the grand tradition of useful idiocy they even boast on their Web page of having a letter to Britain’s Guardian newspaper quoted approvingly by Iran’s state news agency.
Defending J-BIG against “smears” by other Jewish groups over its coziness with a regime that denies the holocaust, funds terrorists, and has called repeatedly for the destruction of Israel, Deborah Fink, one of the founders, wrote on an online forum: “In any case, it is not clear that Ahmajinidad [sic] wants to wipe out Israel, but just wants to get rid of Zionism, which is not the same thing.”
Clearly Fink has great faith in the ability of Iranian scientists to develop a “smart” nuclear warhead that’s able to sort the Zionists from the post-Zionists, Territorialists, and non-Jewish Israelis. If you suspect she might be a little bit mad, you’re probably right: you can see a video of her in action at the blog Harry’s Place (the debate about the carol service in the comments on the post is also worth checking out).
So a mob of self-hating Jews takes over an Anglican church to ridicule Israel, with an ex-Catholic priest reading one of the lessons, and a high-profile anti-Semite in attendance; and all with the blessing of a vicar, the Rev Charles Hedley, whose “modern” view of the Christian message of love and tolerance extends to allowing carols to be debased for the amusement of fanatics. Talk about an unholy alliance.
Rev Hedley told the Jewish Chronicle: “One can sweep under the carpet what’s happening, or one can make things known and highlight the ironies and the paradoxes of it.” He also said it was important to “address the need for peace and reconciliation.”
Of course, the carol concert did none of the above — the event was simply an excuse for the permanently-adolescent activists of J-BIG and their friends to smirk at their own cleverness, and whip up some seasonal hatred of Israel. You don’t “address the need for peace and reconciliation” by focusing entirely on the alleged misdeeds of one side, while ignoring those of the other. If the Rev Hadley was really concerned about the “ironies and paradoxes” of the situation in the Holy Land this Christmas, he might, for example, want to take up the issue of Christians being persecuted by Muslims in the town where Jesus was born.
There are legitimate criticisms to be made of Israeli policy, but all those involved with this charade know that no amount of concessions by Israel will address the underlying causes of the conflict with the Palestinians. They know that when the “occupied” territories were occupied by Egypt and Jordan there were no serious calls for the creation of a Palestinian state. They know that the “plight” of the Palestinians was a cause concocted out of thin air by Arab leaders during the 1960s when they realized they were unable to defeat Israel on the battlefield.
They know that it’s not primarily about land, or access to farms, or the demarcation of borders: it’s about pathological hatred of Jews and a Jewish state. If Israel was someday reduced to a mile-square outpost in the middle of the Negev desert, Arabs and Muslims would still want to destroy it.
By refusing to acknowledge the root causes of the Middle East’s problems, and by pinning all the blame on Israel, self-loathing Jews and “progressive” Christians who have substituted activism for faith do nothing but provide encouragement to the terrorists and their state backers. And as long as those who preach hatred and violence think they can win, there will be precious little peace, heavenly or otherwise, in the land of Christ’s birth.
Do some people still wonder why the Anglican Church is in such a precipitous decline?
So easy to criticize .
How bout a diddy bout love and peace ?
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The bastards are probably Saxons like the ones
that raped my gr gr gr gr great Granny Angloia .
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Guess I could sue me self but what’s the point .
This is just too much. What the hell is this world coming to?? Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and a Happy New Year to everyone. May G-d have mercy on all of us.
The CoE is just a front for marxists. trots and other near-do-wells who have lost the political argument.
Eddie Izzard says the CofE is more like a hobby than an actual church these days. Spot on.
Kent said: “I am fed up with sugary religion — the baby Jesus sitting in his stable and all that stuff.”
Very good quote Mr. McNally. I suppose peace and forgiveness in religion isn’t in style anymore. I think some people don’t even understand the words coming out of their own mouth.
Merry Christmas and whatever you celebrate too,
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You can see why the English are so determinedly secular these days. If I had to sit in the pews and listen to this dreck for any length of time, I’d probably end up as a ranting, raving atheist too.
Nothing could be farther from the spirit of this sacred day – don’t they have any shame?
Long live Eretz Israel!
Sohrab
http://www.iranianfreedom.wordpress.com
It appears that the Church of England has decided on suicide.
“The CoE is just a front for marxists. trots and other near-do-wells who have lost the political argument.”
The CoE is certainly a pointless institution, it has no theological justification that I can see as it was just a political creation to suit the whims of a king.
I wouldn’t say that Queen Liz is a Marxist though, she’s a very bad one if she is.
Even a bad Marxist can be a good useful idiot, as she who has swapped her title of Defender of the Faith for Enabler of the Idiots demonstrates.
From what I gather, ‘The Church of England’ is more akin to the US congressionaly supported organization ‘ACORN’? Basically a self perpetuating entity of the congress (government) in power at the time?
How ironic that the pro-Western, conservative, break-away wing of the Anglican Church is led by — Nigerians.
If it wasn’t for checkpoints and security barriers there would have been a dozen Mumbais in Israel by now.
And that’s exactly what these caroling scumbags want.
Sounds like a bunch of wanna-be sonderkommandos sucking up to their future overlords.
So is Fink gonna hold her breath next?
Spot on about Islam’s hatred for anyone but Muslims.