In the past several weeks, something very strange has been going on in Israel. I have seen severall public statements  (thought not in much of the North American press) by Israeli military leaders and retired intelligence officers that are critical of Netanyahu for pushing for a war with Iran.

May 1, 2012

The World Week of Peace in Palestine and Israel is coming soon, and there are now two full services and additional worship ideas created by United Church folks available, as well as links to other ideas for May 27-June 3.  

This is also Annual Meeting time for a number of Conferences--these could be good ready-to-go resources for those doing pulpit supply! 

Gee! Sometimes you just don't know what to think.  I mean, this Iran thing is so terrible that even Harper admits that Iran being so close to a nuclear bomb is the scariest thing in the world. And all the GOT candidates (except one) in the US want to attack Iran right now.

The Jan. 19 Christian Science Monitor ran a story quoting the Israeli paper Haaretz and the Israeli minister of defence and an Israeli intelligence report to the American general staff that Iran is NOT developing a nuclear bomb.

It's terrible the way newspapers lie about Israel. You can find malicious lies even in Israeli papers - of all places. check today's (Dec. 20) Haaretz.com

maliciously lying and referring to Jewish "settlers" as rock-throwers, Haaretz says they have long been using violence and murder against Palestinians who are Israeli citizens. But recently, it says, they have been attacking the Israeli army (rock-throwing, shooting, attacking an army base, etc.) because the army has closed a few of their illegal settlements.

So as the National Post sees it, a group of 15 activists gets to define all United Church members basically as anti-Semitic? This article is pretty unfair to the United Church I think. 

National Post: Why United Church activists are targeting Israel