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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a powerful Protestant church umbrella framework, with a broad agenda of political action and what they refer to as social justice. However, when it comes to Israel and Jews, they are increasingly criticized for pushing an anti-peace and anti-Semitic agenda.
Instead of dealing with the substance of the criticism, the WCC leadership prefers public relations spin in numerous statements and articles, and through “dialogues” with a few Jewish allies.
The most recent example was a March 30 puff-piece written by Albin Hillert for the WCC, and revised for a platform called Ecumenical News, under the heading of “Jews at Shabbat dinner engage with Christian accompaniers who work with them and Palestinians.” The “Christian accompaniers” were participants in the WCC’s flagship Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), which indoctrinates hundreds with the Palestinian narrative while demonizing Israel through allegations of “apartheid,” “collective punishment” and “war crimes.” The participants return to their home countries in Europe, North America, Australia and elsewhere, where they promote boycotts via anti-Israel and, in some cases, blatantly anti-Semitic propaganda.
The Jewish participants from Jerusalem in this dinner may or may not be aware of the criticism leveled at the WCC. (The number of participants is unclear.) But regardless, they are providing legitimacy to the WCC and EAPPI, and allowing them to whitewash a deeply troubling and unjust program.
