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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: A Canadian Anglican archbishop explains his churchâs new policy on Israelâs treatment of Palestinians
Description: As The CJN Daily _reported earlier this week, the Anglican Church of Canada adopted a strongly worded resolution condemning what its members believe are systemic human rights abuses by Israel against Palestinians.
After some Jewish leaders criticized the Churchâs statement as âmisleadingâ and âdisappointingâ, the Anglican Archbishop of Calgary, Gregory Kerr-Wilsonâwho moved the original resolutionânow acknowledges the statement wasnât perfect. In fact, he said, his church should have spent more time in consultation with Jewish groups to get the wording right. Nevertheless, he remains convinced they must speak out against Israeli government policies, which he says force Palestin...