Christians in Middle East Pay the Price of Western Politics

(23 Dec 2006 RV) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has criticised the United States and British governments foreign policy in the Middle East, which he says is endangering the lives of Christians in the region. In a commentary published in The London Times today Dr. Williams writes that Christians in countries such as Iraq, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Egypt and the Palestinian territories are seen as «supporters of the crusading West» and that their already difficult situation is worsened by the failure of British and U.S governments to develop a strategy to protect them.
Also today the Archbishop described the Israeli security wall as “a sign of all that is wrong in the human heart”.
He was speaking to the people of Bethlehem on behalf of a delegation of British Church leaders who have just ended a pilgrimage the town of Christ’s birth.
The group included the Archbishop of Westminster,
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. Hear more..