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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harriet Sherwood

Senior Church of England bishops accuse Israel of acting above law in West Bank

Jewish settlers Israeli security forces amid raid in Hebron, West Bank, in April.
Jewish settlers Israeli security forces amid raid in Hebron, West Bank, in April. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Four of the most senior Church of England bishops have accused Israel of acting as if it is above the law in an excoriating letter about state and settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

The bishops, led by Rachel Treweek, the bishop of Gloucester, say there is now “little distinction between settler violence and state violence” as Palestinian communities experience escalating attacks, dispossession, house demolitions and arson.

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