Independent letters

There are five letters in today's Independent condemning the Chief Rabbi's attack on the Church of England's decision to disinvest from Caterpillar. Here's my fave. Ok, I mean here's one from a friend of mine.

Sir: Sir Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi, states that "the Church has chosen to take a stand on the politics of the Middle East". On the contrary: the Church has chosen to take a stand on the issue of international legality and human rights, about which the Chief Rabbi has nothing to say.

In fact, his stand is consistent with his continued position of uncritical support for whatever the Israeli government chooses to do. This is, of course, taking a stand on the politics of the Middle East.

It is indeed strange that a man of the cloth who trumpets his commitment to peace has nothing to say about the godless outcome of the uses to which the Israeli militarised Caterpillar bulldozers are put. Since he is far more angry about a resolution than about the evil that occasioned it, many Jews like myself feel that his strictures are a sign of the bankruptcy of the organised establishment Jewish voice.

DIANA NESLEN

ILFORD, ESSEX

Whilst all of the letters condemn the Chief Rabbi's stance, none of them address the dishonesty of his condemnation of the C of E as detailed here.