- The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev Tom Wright, has criticised
Israel for its treatment of Palestinians, saying that it was "asking
for trouble".
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- In a newspaper interview, the bishop strongly condemned
Ariel Sharon, the country's prime minister. "I agree with the millions
of the Jews around the world, and tens of thousands in Israel who grieve
at what some Jews are doing," the bishop told The Independent.
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- "I'm not anti-Israeli but when I see what has been
done to the Palestinians over the past 50 years, I say, 'Well, if you put
people behind barbed wire, keep them caged, take their land despite international
resolutions, and bulldoze their homes, you are asking for trouble.' "
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- The bishop, the fourth most senior in the Church of England,
also joined in criticism of Tony Blair and George W Bush over the war on
Iraq.
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- "For Bush and Blair to go into Iraq together was
like a bunch of white vigilantes going into Brixton to stop drug dealing,"
he said.
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