Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Simon McIlwaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 21 May 2013 15:42:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A Palestinian Christian awakening http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-palestinian-christian-awakening/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-palestinian-christian-awakening/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:40:28 +0000 Simon McIlwaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=71830 Having had a school friend killed by Israeli soldiers in the cross fire in Bethlehem, it would have been all too easy for Christy-a young Palestinian Christian- to have gone through life feeling bitter towards Israel. Christy has been threatened with death by her uncle and disowned by her family because she has grown to [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-palestinian-christian-awakening/feed/ 3 Christians and Jews unite at London Rally for Jerusalem http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/christians-and-jews-unite-at-london-rally-for-jerusalem/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/christians-and-jews-unite-at-london-rally-for-jerusalem/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 09:01:32 +0000 Simon McIlwaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=27690   “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Psalm 133:1   As chairman of Anglican Friends of Israel I had the pleasure of celebrating Jerusalem Day on Sunday in London along with many other friends, Jewish and Christian.   Our star guest was His Excellency Daniel Taub,Israel’s [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/christians-and-jews-unite-at-london-rally-for-jerusalem/feed/ 2 End of the road for anti-Israel vicar Stephen Sizer? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/end-of-the-road-for-anti-israel-vicar-stephen-sizer/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/end-of-the-road-for-anti-israel-vicar-stephen-sizer/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:56:33 +0000 Simon McIlwaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=11212   Some of the most deadly and influential ideological opponents that Israel faces are within the major Churches. Were it not for this, I believe that the Jewish State would not face quite such hostility in the media and amongst opinion formers in general. Christians who deny the theological basis of Jewish statehood adhere to [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/end-of-the-road-for-anti-israel-vicar-stephen-sizer/feed/ 8 Once again, BBC hides the real story http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/once-again-bbc-hides-the-real-story/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/once-again-bbc-hides-the-real-story/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:20:02 +0000 Simon McIlwaine http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=7991 If ever a headline typified the warped priorities of the BBC it is in today’s report onIsrael’s response to the weekend barrage of rockets fromGaza: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17336559 Gaza: New Israeli air strikes leave four dead The report symbolises all that is wrong with the BBC’s reporting of the problems Israel faces, starting with the astonishing insinuation [...]

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