Church betrays Israel!

Critics recall Jesus accusing the religious leaders of being ‘a brood of vipers’

by Charles Gardner

Christians across the UK have been horrified by news that the Church of England General Synod has betrayed Israel by voting for a seriously antisemitic document called Kairos Palestine.
It purports to express solidarity with Palestinian Christians while accusing Israel of genocide, colonisation, and ethnic cleansing. It even appears to justify the October 7, 2023, massacre of Jews on the basis of “decades of injustice, oppression and displacement” in Gaza.
In a Revelation TV studio discussion of the debacle, presenter Simon Barrett said it represented “a pure Islamic agenda wrapped up in Christian theology” – biblically heretical and a complete denial of Scripture.
Rev Tim Guttman said the document was full of lies and antisemitism, adding: “Somebody needs to stand up and say, ‘You brood of vipers’,” referring to the way Jesus denounced the religious leaders of his day.
Mr Guttman said it would spell the end of the institution in the same way that the Methodists have suffered haemorrhage since calling for a boycott of Israel some years ago.
“When you mess with Israel you’re poking God in the eye,” he said. (Israel is several times referred to as ‘the apple of God’s eye’ in the Bible).
He went on: “Christians are calling for the destruction of the only democracy in the Middle East.” And this was especially mystifying after their recent apology for a millennium of antisemitism, a reference to a 2022 Anglican event in Oxford marking 800 years since English clerics passed a motion that subsequently led to the banishment of Jews from this country.
Also taking part in the programme was Pastor Regan King, who said: “The Anglican Church has lost its mooring. This is a gospel issue.”

Concern over Palestine document

by Charles Gardner

Christian supporters of Israel and the Jewish people have expressed their concern over a motion to be put before the Church of England General Synod (parliament) meeting in York tomorrow.
The Kairos Palestine document purports to express solidarity with Palestinian Christians while accusing Israel of genocide, colonisation, and ethnic cleansing. It even appears to justify the October 7, 2023, massacre of Jews due to “decades of injustice, oppression and displacement” in Gaza.
The Church’s Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ), founded in 1809 as the second-oldest Anglican missionary society, has written a letter to the Synod saying the voices of Jewish believers in Jesus and many others, including Anglicans, have not been represented.
While acknowledging the motion’s commitment to peace and justice, they say the voices of suffering Palestinian Christians are being heard in isolation from other faithful Christian perspectives.
Co-founded in London by slave abolitionist William Wilberforce, CMJ have been established in Jerusalem itself for over two centuries, during which time they have consistently reached out to both Jews and Arabs, witnessing true reconciliation as the two often become one in Christ.
CMJ General Director Rev Aaron Eime, with support from the mission’s trustees, wrote: “Many Anglicans affirm God’s continuing purposes for the Jewish people while equally supporting justice, dignity and security for Palestinians.
“Our historic vocation has been to strengthen understanding between the Church and the Jewish people… but we expect this to be a barrier to such engagement that will be interpreted as a threat to the Jewish community.”
Calling for a broader Anglican consultation on Israel, Palestine and the Jewish people, they held out the hope of further dialogue on the issue.
“We respectfully suggest that, if General Synod is encouraged to study Kairos Palestine, it should also be invited to engage with the significant body of theological reflection offered by Jewish believers in Jesus, Israeli Christians, Anglican theologians of differing convictions, and others whose scholarship presents complementary and contrasting perspectives. A process intended to deepen understanding should not inadvertently narrow the range of Christian perspectives from which the Church seeks its discernment.
“This document purports to seek peace but instead sows division and furthers hatred.”

 Is Cyrus turning Judas?

As Trump ‘calls the shots’ over Iran, Israel is urged to trust in the Lord, not men

by Charles Gardner

While complicated negotiations with Iran over a ceasefire deal with the US are still clearly in progress, it’s difficult to know quite how to interpret it all. Except that it looks a lot like President Trump is throwing Israel under the bus.
The man who had appeared to be a modern-day Cyrus figure is turning out to be a potential Judas, leaving Israel at the mercy of terrorists while ensuring the safe passage of oil.

He is reported to have told journalists, “I call the shots, not him,” with reference to his erstwhile ally Bibi Netanyahu. But such arrogance will be laughed at by the God who still sees Israel as the apple of his eye because, at the end of the day, it is the Lord of heaven and earth who is in control and who keeps watching over his Word to see that it comes to pass.

Mr Trump has apparently started something he refuses to finish. The truth, however, is that it’s not so much that Israel needs America as the other way around, as US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has intimated.1
Israel is on the frontline of the battle for Judeo-Christian (i.e. Western) civilization, with American soldiers not yet involved on the ground. And whether they reach nuclear bomb capability or not, Iran remains determined to wipe out the Jewish state. Their proxy Hezbollah keeps firing towards that end from Lebanon, but the President wants Israel to meekly lay down their arms.

It’s very naïve to think Iran’s current leaders are suddenly being reasonable and with good intentions; the US leader should heed the wise advice Winston Churchill once offered to appeasers in our Parliament that you cannot negotiate with the devil.
Meanwhile, sensing our weakness no doubt, the Russians have fired a warning shot at a British yacht in the English Channel while our leaders are too busy navel-gazing to notice the urgent need for a viable navy. (Having said that, new Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is a supporter of Israel, so watch this space.) For it is weak leaders, pandering to left-wing wokery, who have helped the likes of Hamas and Hezbollah to survive.

Recognising a Palestinian state that doesn’t exist, as Britain and other leading nations have done to their shame, amounts to a commitment to dividing the land God has given to his ancient people. I am reminded of a prophecy given by the late Lance Lambert in 2010 to the effect that “devastating judgment” would be unleashed on nations pursuing such a plan.
“Their economies would fail, their financial system break down, and even their climate would fail them,” he declared, adding: “Old and powerful nations will become as if they are Third World countries, and the likes of China and India would arise to take their place.”
Moreover, it was “arrogance” to think that God’s eternal promises could be defied. But amidst all this shaking, two peoples were not to fear – “the true and living Church and Israel”.

As Christian Friends of Israel spokesman David Soakell has pointed out, it was Cairo-born Yasser Arafat who invented the idea of a Palestinian people, even receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Yet the irony of this was his declaring that “Peace for us [the Arabs] means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.”2
David adds that “unless the head is cut off the snake, the deathly poisonous bite will remain”, adding that the ‘invention’ of a Palestinian people was the greatest marketing stunt of the twentieth century.

Meanwhile the long-running, and unprovoked, Hamas aggression from Gaza – culminating in the barbaric massacre of October 7th, 2023 – was the ‘peace offering’ from those, including America, who pressured Israel into withdrawing from the strip in 2005. ‘Land for peace’, they were assured. Give away some of what little land you have, and conflict will cease. How much more of this kind of ‘peace’ can the Jewish people afford?

We in the West should hang our heads in shame over our failure to stand foursquare with Israel, without whom we would never have received the gospel of peace that Jesus brought to the world. It’s time to repent of our shocking betrayal, or we may have to face the certain judgment of the God who has said: “In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.” (Joel 3:1f)
In the meantime, Israel may well end up alone – even without American support as the prophet Ezekiel suggests (see chapters 38 & 39) when all the nations come against them. But the Lord will be their helper.

As the Israelites of old were counselled: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:15)

1United with Israel, June 17th, 2026
2CFI’s Watching Over Zion report, May 21st, 2026