Chief Rabbi attacks church-backed ‘apartheid state’ Israel report

‘Cry For Hope’, published last year, is also part of an online campaign being run on Change.org by Christian activist group Kairos Palestine to condemn what it describes as Israel’s “oppression” of the Palestinians.

Briefing notes for participants in the Methodist gathering stated: “The Conference notes that the report argues it is time for the international community to recognise Israel as an apartheid state in terms of international law.”

The church’s leadership commended Cry For Hope.

It also encouraged conference delegates to “endorse it and act on its recommendations, including through divestment and sanctions in relation to companies supporting the occupation in any way”.

One motion tabled at the conference blamed Israel for the “deteriorating situation” for Christians in Gaza and the West Bank, and another accused Israel of “self-promotion” over its vaccine roll-out policy.