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32
'Double Brews For Israel
At Episcopal Conference
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1988
Special to The Jewish News
Ever since the United Na-
tions passed its Partition
Resolution in 1947, leading to
the creation of the State of
Israel, the Episcopal Church
has been the one main line
Protestant denomination that
has been most supportive of
the Jewish state.
For example, in 1948 the
Episcopal publication, The
Churchman, gave its annual
prestigious award for dis-
tinguished service to man-
kind to the State of Israel.
However, there is trouble
ahead.
Once every ten years the
bishops of the various
Anglican churches around the
world hold what is called the
Lambeth Conference. The
largest Anglican body, after
the Church of England (the
official religion of England) is
the Episcopal Church of the
United States, with its 3 mil-
lion members. The next
Lambeth Conference will con-
vene in Canterbury, England,
in July. Already a Lambeth
storm is brewing, and it's over
Israel.
In preparation for the
weeks of discussion and draf-
ting of resolutions about
"peace and justice," a work-
ing paper has been prepared
which contains one section
headed "Christians in Pal-
estine," written by the Rev.
Na'em Ateek, an Anglican
priest in Jerusalem.
In this official study docu-
ment, Zionists are blamed for
the "exploitation of the
Palestinians," and the Canter-
bury conference is urged to
"have the courage to speak
the truth and expose the
hypocrisy and self-deception
of those who wield power (the
Israelis) and control people."
The wording implies, per-
niciously, that were it not for
"calculated and official Israeli
policies of war, violence, dis-
possession and exploitation,
peace in the Middle East
would be within easy reach."
After reading this docu-
ment, which has been widely
distributed throughout the
United States, it is not sur-
prising to learn that the
author, the Rev. Ateek, is
himself a Palestinian.
The good news is that the
blatant unfairness of the
document has resulted in the
formation of several ad hoc
committees; that church pub-
lications are being urged to
present the Israeli side of the
controversy; that American
bishops who will attend the
Lambeth
Conference as
delegates are being asked to
vote against any pro-
Palestinian resolutions,
The very important
Presiding Bishop's Commit-
tee on Christian-Jewish Rela-
tions of the Episcopal Church
has called the working paper
"a one-sided assessment of
human rights in the region"
and stated that Israel is being
"unfairly and inaccurately
portrayed as the sole
perpetrator of the conditions
of the Palestine people, with
no consideration of the part
played by the Arab nations in
perpetuating the plight of the
the refugees." It calls Zionism
"not simply a manifestation
of nationalism, but the libera-
tion movement of the Jewish
people."
The committee of the bi-
shops also points out a fact
well known to most Jews but
often overlooked even by non-
Jews wishing to be objective:
that "from 1948 until 1967,
when the Arabs controlled
the West Bank and Gaza, no
effort was made by the Arab
states to advocate the es-
tablishment of the Arab
(Palestinian) state."
Despite such pro-Israeli
statements, we should be
prepared for an unfavorable
final vote at Canterbury, as
the result of political rather
than religious or ethical con-
siderations. As explained by
the Rev. Dr. Philip Culbert-
son, professor of Pastoral
Theology at the University of
the South:
"While American bishops
may eventually oppose ap-
proval of the (pro-Palestinian)
document, the presence at
Lambeth of a particularly
large contingent of third
world bishops (given the
growth of Anglicanism,
especially in Africa) suggest
that the document will be ap-
proved at Lambeth, thereby
exerting pressure on Angli-
cans throughout the world to
adopt positions on the Middle
East which are openly biased
against Israeli policy and ig-
norant of continuing Israeli
attempts to carve out a just
and secure peace which will
be fair to all sides."
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