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Sir Ephraim Mirvis urges the Church of England to ‘repair the damage’ done to Christian-Jewish relations

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General Synod July 2026 (Image: Church of England, YouTube)

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Bishop warns that Synod vote will stoke antisemitism

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London pastor launches campaign against anti-Israel Christian document after Synod vote

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An open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury: do not sort us according to our relationship to Zionism

I am not asking you to defend the Jews. I am asking you to defend the establishment, and the un-radical proposition that the church of the whole nation cannot pick which of the nation's minorities it will hear

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Chief Rabbi condemns ‘shameful’ Church of England Israel motion

Archbishop of Canterbury says that to ‘hear’ Palestinian Christian document that accuses Israel of genocide does not mean the Church agrees with everything in it

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The Church of England delegates should hang their heads in shame over the ‘Israel genocide’ motion

The only possible Christian response to the horrors of the Holocaust is to stand in solidarity with the most successful project of Jewish safety since the parting of the Red Sea

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The General Synod of the Church of England (Image: The Church of England/YouTube)

Church of England leaders support ‘engagement’ with Israel ‘genocide’ document despite Chief Rabbi’s warning

Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the document, which alleges a ‘Zionist project to seize all of Palestine’, could ‘only harm the cause of peace’

By Simon Rocker

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Dame Sarah Mullally, the archbishop of Canterbury, addresses the Church of England General Synod at The Church House on February 10, 2026 (Getty Images)

Former Archbishop warns Church of England against document accusing Israel of ‘genocide’

Rare intervention by Lord Carey comes ahead of Synod this afternoon considering engagement with controversial Kairos II text

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Chief Rabbi warns ‘genocide’ document due to be discussed by Church of England Synod will ‘harm peace’

Kairos Palestine text brands Israel a ‘colonial settler entity’ and criticises Abrahams Accords

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Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally (front left) addresses Church of England General Synod earlier this year (Getty)

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Archbishop of York’s ‘genocidal acts’ charge against Israel is neither wise nor appropriate

Given the Church’s history of antisemitism, the second-most senior Anglican bishop should have thought again before using an accusation that has the stink of prejudice

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The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell (Image: Getty)

‘Toxic sloganeering’ around Israel ‘disfigures’ the debate says former archbishop Rowan Williams

The former head of the Church of England was this year’s speaker at the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture

By Daniel Ben-David

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March 14, 2025 13:11

Rt Rev Rt Hon Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, speaks at the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture 2025, March 11, 2025

Cathedral dean withdraws from Gaza rally because of activists who ‘justify violence’

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The Dean of Peterborough, the Very Revd Chris Dalliston, pulled out of an anti-Israel rally over concerns that it might represent violence (Photo: Facebook)

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Church of England

Chief Rabbi tells Archbishop of Canterbury that Kairos ‘genocide’ document has caused ‘deep pain’

Kairos ‘genocide’ document risks stoking antisemitism, Israeli embassy warns CofE

Synod’s Kairos II is not a difficult truth about Israel but a defamatory manifesto

Why I backed the Kairos motion – without wavering in my support for Israel to live in peace and security

The Church of England’s ill-worded Kairos II motion heightened Jewish fears – and I deeply regret it

Bishop warns that Synod vote will stoke antisemitism

London pastor launches campaign against anti-Israel Christian document after Synod vote

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