MennoLetter from Jerusalem

December 2006

• Download December MennoLetter from Jerusalem [134 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] A Middle East View by Mennonite Church Liaison, Glenn Edward Witmer

"The problem is not the Koran or the Torah or the Bible. The problem is never the faith, it is the faithful and how they behave towards each other."
—Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

In this issue:

Apartheid:Israelis Adopt What South Africa Dropped

- by Glenn Witmer page 1

The State We’re in Today

"Is Israel actually the most effective means for ensuring the Jewish people’s continued existence?"
- by Eliahu Salpeter, page 2

Israeli Arabs a Problem, Require Separation

"I want to provide an Israel that is a Jewish, Zionist country. It’s about what kind of country we want to see in the future."
- excerpted from Ha’aretz, page 3

Who is on the Lord’s Side?

"The only problem is that unquestioning support of one side means, by definition, that there are ramifications for another side."
- by Rev. Julie Rowe, page 4

Palestinian Laments Christian Plight

"Reducing everything to a religious dimension confuses the issue."
- by Ron Kampeas, page 5

In the Style of the Prophets

"…as the ancient texts have it, it was because of our sins that we were driven out from our land."
- by Dow Marmur, Rabbi Emeritus, Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, page 7

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