Jewish Anger as Church Votes on Israel [View All]

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Jewish groups reacted angrily today against a motion passed by senior Anglicans urging all provinces around the world to reconsider their investments with Israel.

At a meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham, members voted unanimously in favour of the resolution concerning the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.

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Jon Benjamin, chief executive of the Board of British Deputies of British Jews, told The Guardian: “That Israel alone should be singled out for such treatment, particularly at a time when dialogue is beginning to prevail, shows an inequality in the treatment of the Jewish state which must raise concerns about the Church’s relationship with our community.

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