J'accuse - Peretz Contra Anglicans, Presbyterians Et Al

In The New Republic of 18 July 2005, Martin Peretz mounts a powerful argument that the "pro-disinvestment" Churches are guilty of judenhass. His conclusion:

So I come to an unavoidable conclusion. The obsession here is not positive, for one side, but rather negative, against the other side. The clerics and the lay leaders on this indefensible crusade are so fixated on Palestine because their obsession, which can be buttressed by various Christian sources and traditions, is really with the Jews. A close look at this morbid passion makes one realize that its roots include an ancient hostility for the House of Israel, an ugly survival of a hoary intolerance into some of the allegedly enlightened precincts of modern Christendom.

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