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The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood

Justin Welby accused of ‘relegating’ plight of Palestinian Christians

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
The Archbishop of Canterbury spent four days in Jerusalem over the weekend to ‘show solidarity … with the Christian community in the Holy Land’. Photograph: Doug Peters/PA

Palestinian Christians have accused Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, of “relegating” their plight behind “British domestic political and ecumenical considerations” in his comments on the Israel-Hamas war.

An open letter from Anglican parishioners in the West Bank says they are “utterly perplexed” by Welby’s public statements.

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