PALESTINIAN Christians are “grieved and disappointed” by the decision not to schedule a debate during the General Synod’s sessions in York, which begins on Friday. It also points to the the introduction of new Israeli military checkpoints as impeding the supply of aid into the West Bank. The Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh referred to attacks by settlers on Taybeh, a predominantly Christian village in the West Bank late last month. “There is a continuing pattern of crops being destroyed and outposts being set up, and it is happening all over the West Bank. Two days later, on Saturday, 29 activists were arrested outside Parliament, including an 83-year-old priest, the Revd Sue Parfitt, for supporting the banned group Palestine Action.
