Everyone is talking about Dr. Denis MacEoin’s letter to St. James Church
St. James’s Church, in Piccadilly, London, decided to celebrate Christmas by erecting, outside its church, a monumental replica of the Israeli security barrier .
Through the association of Palestinian Arabs with Jesus’ story, St. James Church invokes classical anti-Semitic tropes.
The replica is a very powerful propaganda tool, since the Jews fill the role of oppressors and serve as foils to the “persecuted” Palestinian Arabs with whom Godstands in solidarity.
This week, Mahmoud Abbas called Jesus “a Palestinian” in front of Lady Ashton, the EU foreign minister, who travelled to Bethlehem to participate in the Christmas’ mass. She didn’t raise any objection to the nonsensical falsehood.
Now, in the Yuletide season, In front of a world famous London cathedral, Zionism is presented as a modern form of faithlessness, oppression and rejection of God. Jews are indicted for disobedience to God and the Biblical tradition, no less.
There are many examples of this kind of Christian event used to demonize the Jews such as the hijacking of Christmas carols, cards, and messages. Don Hinchey’s Christian liturgy “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, a classic of Christian pro-Palestinian tools, is reminiscent of earlier anti-Jewish literature in its claims that modern Jews have now burned down the “messiah’s home”.
Among the most famous skewed Christmas cards there is one of Israeli soldiers conducting a body search of Joseph, and a pregnant Mary on a donkey, blocked on their way to Bethlehem.
Christianity claims to be “the first religion which defeated death”. But by displaying such anti-Semitic images, the Western churches are promoting a glorification of death. They transfigure Arab Palestinian terrorism into a Christ-like image.
But above all, they sanction and condone the assassination of Jews. Again. Why have British Christian institutions not denounced the obscenity of such a display taking place in a house of worship that is an official constituent of the Church of England?
St. James’ clerics could have added a line from Matthew’s Gospel, where the worst anti-Jewish sentence ever written is placed into the mouths of the Jews themselves: “His blood will be on our children”.
And that of many innocent Jews, among them children, has been spilled this year.
The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book “A New Shoah”, that researched the personal stories of Israel’s terror victims, published by Encounter. His writing has appeared in publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, Frontpage and Commentary. He has just prblished a book about the Vatican and Israel titled “J’Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel” published by Mantua Books.
Horribly disgusting.
We must be credible in our responses to mortal enemies.
I condone then the killing of members of the “church”.
England sucks.
There is another great letter you should read: It is by Melanie Phillips written in her typical eloquent style, but is more sledgehammer than scalpel. See: A Church of Hate on Phillips blog: https://www.embooks.com/blog/single/a-church-of-hate
In 2006, in the earlier stages of the BDS movement, the Anglican Church adopted an economic policy that encouraged divestment from Israel. Chief UK Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote a stinging rebuke of the Church and then Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. While the article was reportedly published in the UK Jewish Chronicle, the actual text cannot be accessed through the Chronicle. For some sense of what angered Rabbi Sacks, See: http://myrightword.blogspot.ca/2006/02/sacks-socks-it-to-em.html
Just as anti-Semitism is resurgent throughout much of the EU it is similarly escalating in Britain. Neither Rabbi Sacks nor other UK Jewish leaders have been effective in moving British leaders, political and religious and authorities to take strong measures to stem this growing tide of anti-Semitism.
It looks like things are rapidly declining for Jews in Britain and the EU. What can and should be done is a question that not just EU Jews must answer. So too must North American Jews come together to openly and aggressively support British and EU Jewry and fight back against the growing tide of anti-Israelism.
So far, that is not happening, at least not much.
I’m assuming that they – the “church fathers” – also condone the killing of their respective flocks all over the Middle East, as clearly documented in Mr. Meotti’s latest book. In this respect they are accessories to murder, and should be treated as such.