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Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
[size=12pt]The Israeli government has criticised the Church of Scotland :
over a report which questions the divine right of Jews to the land of Israel.[/size]
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
Israel's ambassador to the UK said it was "truly hurtful" :
and could "mark a significant step backwards for the forces of tolerance and peace".
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
The Inheritance of Abraham? A report on the Promised Land
10 pages (click )
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
It stated there has been a widespread assumption by many Christians,
as well as many Jewish people, that the Bible :
" supports an essentially Jewish state of Israel ".
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
But its authors said an :
"increasing number of difficulties and current Israeli policies regarding the Palestinians"
had led to this viewpoint being questioned.
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
" Possession of any land is clearly conditional.
The question that arises is this:
Would the Jewish people today have a fairer claim to the land if they dealt justly
with the Palestinians ? "
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
"They are a way of speaking about how to live under God so that justice and peace reign,
the weak and poor are protected, the stranger is included, and all have a share in the community
and a contribution to make to it." 8)
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
"The desire of many in the state of Israel to acquire the land of Palestine
is wrong.
The fact that the land is currently being taken by settlement expansion, the separation barrier,
house clearance, theft and force :
makes it doubly wrong
to seek biblical sanction for this."
Re: Israel versus Scotland - ketchim - 05-09-2013
A spokesman for the Church of Scotland said :
This report is against the injustices levelled against the Palestinian people and how land is shared.
It is also a reflection of the use or misuse of scripture to claim divine right to land by any group.