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Anglican Bishops Weigh Genocide Claim as Israel Supplies Aid

7/20/2026

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Anglican scholars say the Church’s support for a Jewish homeland dates to 17th-century theologians and Earl of Shaftesbury, and note that on July 13 bishops voted to hear the Kairos II manifesto accusing Israel of genocide.
The article says Israel delivered 1.78 million tons of food, opened humanitarian corridors and warned civilians.
It estimates about 40,000 of the 81,000 Gaza deaths were combatants, leaving roughly 40,000 civilian casualties (~2 % of the two-million population).

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Anglican scholars say the Church’s support for a Jewish homeland dates to 17th-century theologians and Earl of Shaftesbury, and note that on July 13 bishops voted to hear the Kairos II manifesto accusing Israel of genocide.
The article says Israel delivered 1.78 million tons of food, opened humanitarian corridors and warned civilians.
It estimates about 40,000 of the 81,000 Gaza deaths were combatants, leaving roughly 40,000 civilian casualties (~2 % of the two-million population).