Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey on Anti-Semitism in the UK
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr George Carey, now a life peer, is seen below asserting, in an interview on i24NEWS with video anti-antisemitism campaigner and Middle East analyst Jonathan Sacerdoti, a few home truths on Holocaust Memorial Day:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8Xx58zq68
‘…. Lord Carey of Clifton told i24NEWS on Sunday that ‘Christians are to blame as well’ for high-levels of anti-Semitism in the UK, which he suggested was linked to the one-sided narratives many received on pilgrimages to Israel and the West Bank. ‘What I think we need to do is to better educate Christians who go on these pilgrimages to see this as not the total story,’ Lord Carey said, urging the thousands attending such religious trips to prominent and widely-contested holy sites in the region to seek the entire picture with regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many of the religious sites such as Jesus’ birthplace in Bethlehem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron are located in the West Bank, often flashpoint and conflict-centric areas. ‘What they don’t realize is what is happening to the Jewish communities in their own land who are sidelined and in a way persecuted by Palestinians. You’ve got to get a much more balanced view of what’s going on,’ he continued. ‘I think of Israel as a wonderful, sophisticated, democratic society surrounded by undemocratic nations. I mean we must support one another,’ he said, emphasizing shared the Judeo-Christian heritage. ‘Christians owe so much to the Jewish scriptures and Jewish history, so we stand as one,’ the former top church leader added. Lord Carey of Clifton has often spoken out publicly against anti-Semitism in the church and across the UK. ‘It’s not going to cost my life, it’s not going to cost my future, and this is what Jews fear, you know, the persecution, indirect persecution,’ he asserted, referring to the detrimental impact anti-Semitism can often have on daily life. ‘Think of Jewish children walking to school with armed guards, guards outside synagogues — in an advanced civilization such as ours, this is quite deplorable,’ he told i24NEWS’
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