The two sides can carry on swapping narratives until the cows come home… theological chit-chat hasn’t brought a solution nearer. Calling for more sounds like another ploy to buy time for the Zionists to establish more irreversible ‘facts on the ground’ and advance their borders still further.

Stuart Littlewood / STAFF WRITER

Zionism: A Jewish Communal Response from the UK was published in December by The Board of Deputies of British Jews

The Board of Deputies of British Jews is targeting unsympathetic Christians with a new booklet called Zionism: A Jewish Communal Response.

It answers a growing concern amongst Jews that Christians are too ready to dismiss Zionism as a political movement rather than a central facet of Jewish identity.

And in a news release the Board says a survey found that over half of respondents believed that Christians are “becoming less sympathetic to Israel” and fewer than one in five would describe themselves as “Zionist”. Over a quarter see Zionism as “colonialist” and “resulting in racial discrimination”.

Clearly the Zionists’ influence is fading.

The 30-page pamphlet also takes a desperate swipe at the recent Kairos Palestine document issued by Christian leaders. The Board complains that it didn’t acknowledge Jewish connections with the land of Israel. They were not best pleased either that British Methodists quoted Kairos in their decision to support a boycott of Israeli goods.

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