Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Episcopal chaplain at Yale: Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism for not making peace with genocidal enemy

From The Washington Post-

Speaking of moral obtuseness (or how “Palestine makes you dumb,”) I reprint for you in full Rev. Shipman’s letter as published today in the New York Times:

To the Editor:

Deborah E. Lipstadt makes far too little of the relationship between Israel’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza and growing anti-Semitism in Europe and beyond.

The trend to which she alludes parallels the carnage in Gaza over the last five years, not to mention the perpetually stalled peace talks and the continuing occupation of the West Bank.

As hope for a two-state solution fades and Palestinian casualties continue to mount, the best antidote to anti-Semitism would be for Israel’s patrons abroad to press the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for final-status resolution to the Palestinian question.

(Rev.) BRUCE M. SHIPMAN
Groton, Conn., Aug. 21, 2014

The writer is the Episcopal chaplain at Yale.


More here-

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/08/26/episcopal-chaplain-at-yale-jews-are-to-blame-for-anti-semitism-for-not-making-peace-with-genocidal-enemy/


Shipman's response-

http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2014/08/26/episcopal-chaplain-responds-to-backlash/

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