Just another day of vilifying Jews

The Anglican Church is still up to its misguided and dangerous "mischief". They are raising money in Australia to support an anti-Semitic arm of the Church, in Jerusalem. Ultimately this Australian money will support terrorism. This fundraising is advertised by the Australian Friends of Palestine Association, which includes very senior Anglican Church officials on its mailing lists.

See this from an article by Paul Davenport, Development Program Manager, AngliCORD (Anglican Church of Melbourne):

As the situation of intimidation and insecurity in the West Bank and Gaza continues, the quality of the work of The Diocese of Jerusalem is all the more remarkable and important....

[The Diocese of Jerusalem has included such "luminaries" as Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal, and Naim Ateek, two virulently anti-Semitic Anglican Arabs:

[1] Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal is a proponent of “replacement theology,” a discredited doctrine that lies behind centuries of Christian anti-Semitism. It teaches that the Christian Church is the replacement for Israel and that the many promises made to Israel in the Bible are fulfilled in the Christian Church, not in Israel. So, the prophecies in Scripture concerning the blessing and restoration of Israel to the Promised Land are "spiritualized" or “allegorized” into promises of God's blessing for the Church. The doctrine insinuates that all God’s promises to the Jews -- including the land of Israel -– were forfeit because the Jews had denied the divinity of Christ.

Riah has claimed of Palestinian Christians: ‘We are the true Israel… no-one can deny me the right to inherit the promises, and after all the promises were first given to Abraham and Abraham is never spoken of in the Bible as a Jew…He is the father of the faithful.’ Speaking at a lecture in the Arab Anglican Episcopalian Centre in Ramallah (Fasl Al-MaQal, Feb 6, 2003) he also supported terrorism by putting the view that suicide “martyrs” receive eternal life: " "Greetings of appreciation to all martyrs that were killed on the Land of Palestine ….Do not consider those that were killed for the sake of God as dead, but alive with their Lord".

[2] Naim Ateek is also a “replacement theologist” whose papers invert history, defame the Jews, justify anti-Semitism (as a ‘logical’ consequence of Israeli policies) and sanitise Arab violence. He was amongst the writers that asserted the alleged ‘similarity’ between Israeli policy and South African apartheid several years ago, and he ‘blessed’ and justified the Arab intifada in 2000.]

...My recent visit to Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza and Ramallah left me with a confusing mix of contradictory feelings.

... I was deeply saddened to witness the humiliation of these same people as they waited patiently for four hours before being admitted into Gaza at the Eretz checkpoint....

...Earlier in the week, while visiting the parish church in Nablus in the West Bank, we witnessed soldiers retaliating against stone throwing youth with rounds of semi-automatic gunfire. A short time later a 12 year old boy was admitted to St Luke’s Hospital. His X-rays showed shrapnel dangerously close to his spine. As I saw the distress of his parents and extended family, it brought home to me the ripple effect that such an incident must have within the community.

This is a complex situation characterised by violence, poverty and trauma. The Diocese of Jerusalem is looking for new ways to respond ["new ways..." ... I wonder what they might be? - SL]. In turn, AngliCORD is committed to supporting that response both financially, and through solidarity....

Note that AngliCORD is accountable to Archbishop in Council, Diocese of Melbourne and the Diocese of Melbourne Synod, and is accredited by the Federal Government's overseas aid body, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), to receive government grants.

AngliCORD Board:

• President: The Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne
• Chair of the Board: The Ven Alison Taylor, Parish Priest St Dunstan's, Camberwell South
• Deputy Chair: Mr Andrew Flint
• Chief Executive Officer: Mr Michael Smitheram

AngliCORD Members:

• The Venerable Philip Newman, Archdeacon of: Christian Unity, Relations with World Religions. Board Chair of Shelford Girls' Grammar.
• The Revd David Boyd, Chaplain St Paul's Anglican Grammar School, Warragul
• Ms Wendy Rose AM, Former Chief Executive Save the Children Fund; Vice President ACFOA
• Ms Tracey Matthews, Workplace Asst & Training. Registrar, Diocese of Canberra Goulburn
• Mr Damien Arnold, Resources Manager, Breast Cancer Australia
• Mr David Woods, Company Secretary for AngliCORD.