from The Jewish Chronicle
Rare intervention by Lord Carey comes ahead of Synod this afternoon considering engagement with controversial Kairos II text
A former Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the Church of England against a Palestinian-Christian group’s document which accuses Israel of “genocide”.
The rare intervention by Lord Carey comes ahead of a motion this afternoon by the Church’s ruling the body the Synod encouraging engagement with the text published by Kairos Palestine.
Last week, Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis spoke of his concern that the document may be harmful to the cause of peace.
Now Carey has echoed the Chief Rabbi’s warning and also raised the possibility of King Charles being embroiled in a damaging political controversy.
The document, entitled A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide and also known as Kairos II declares: “The genocidal war on Gaza is the continuation of the Zionist project to seize all of Palestine, emptied of its Palestinian people.”
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis warned that the content of the document “is deeply concerning”.
He said: “While it is important to recognise the suffering of Palestinian Christians, this document does so in a way which can only harm the cause of peace.”
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