ASHAMED TO BE ANGLICAN

Ashamed to be Anglican (JPOST)
The former archbishop of Canterbury said he was "ashamed to be an Anglican" following a Church of England vote to divest from companies with products used by the Israeli government in the territories.

The February 6 divestment vote, which was backed by current Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, was "a most regrettable and one-sided statement," Lord Carey said, and one that "ignores the trauma of ordinary Jewish people" in Israel subjected to terrorist attacks.

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The General Synod of the Church of England voted on Monday to disinvest from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the territories. The motion was passed overwhelmingly, in spite of strong lobbying from leading members of Britain's Jewish community, concerned that Israel's right to protect itself from suicide bombers and other Palestinian terror attacks should not be compromised. The Church Commissioners have £2.2 million holdings in Caterpillar Inc., a U.S. company that manufactures bulldozers used in clearance projects in the territories and also by Palestinians in their own building work. The vote to disinvest was backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton, believes the Church should support Israel. (Times-UK)