Protest at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Christmas Carol Service, London

On 1st December 2009, there was a pro-Israel rally outside the Palestine Solidarity Campaign 'Christmas concert' at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church on Tuesday December 1st, starting at 6pm.

The carol concert featured Caryl Churchill, author of the antisemitic play Seven Jewish Children, which demonises Israel and suggests that Israeli parents teach their children to hate Arabs.

The leader of the Church, Vicar Simon Perry disgracefully buys into the PSCs propaganda. He supports the event and believes people here would endorse the PSC. He supports a boycott of Israeli goods and fails to see anything antisemitic about Seven Jewish Children.

Those protesting did so because the event was organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, whose agenda goes far beyond working for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. The PSC supports the terrorist organisation Hamas whose Charter seeks the genocide of Jews and the destruction of Israel. The PSC was responsible for the appallingly biased TUC Congress statement on Israel which demonised that country.

David Gifford, Chief Executive, Council for Christians and Jews says this church is politicising the Christmas message. A Christmas carol service should be about the message of Christmas and by politicising that, it misses the point.
- JC 26 November

There are two men filmed in this video, one, who calls himself 'John Sullivan', is a nasty antisemite who abused me in a racially and religiously motivated verbal attack. The other, John Benyon, is not. He is the Secretary of the Church which hosted the PSC carol concert, and he simply seems to have been ignorant of that organisation's support of Hamas, an Islamic terrorist organisation. This despite the fact that many had written to the church to inform them and complain in advance of the event. Benyon, to his credit, does concede that once it has been explained to him properly, it is 'unreasonable' that the PSC is in his church.

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[ctigernews]

This biggoted anti semite has exposed a nasty undercurrent of anti-semitism in the UK. The fact that he allies himself with Hamas is laughable

[Deus2Vexillum]

He is just a twisted stupid old bastard....fuck him.

[mishka3373]

Israel is so cool!

[Sabraguy]

@DestroyZOG2

Another dirty little racist has crawled out of the woodwork I see.

[Sabraguy]

What a bigoted little prick! I wonder if he knows that his racist rant has been exposed to public scorn all over the world?

[77klman]

This guy should fucking die, supporting hamas what a horrible person! Burn in Hell you terrorist supporting scum

[britishjewish]

This is the result of a person who lacks an education. Jews have contributed to British Society in so many ways I haven't got space to explain, so go do some research and stop being an ignorant racist.

[bassmanUSSR]

I'd love to get stuck into that guy, what a bigot. There are two sides to everything, including the Middle Eastern Conflict, with condemnable acts commited on both sides, but this guy clearly won't hear anyone else out. He doesn't even know what he's talking about. He claims to be more educated than the guy holding the camera, but all I get from him is ignorance.

[0e0l7i]

long live Israel!!!

[1kkyu]

What a disgusting man!

[Thefireandtheglory]

I weep at what I see, and my heart groans. The Spirit behind this dialogue is so vile and ugly. (remember the Holocaust?)

Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do. (God is a Jew who died for Everybody - He died for Jew, Greek Palestinian, Brit,)

God is love

[yod1948]

He wants jews to live like "british"? How long have they been doing that already? Yet, he gives muslims no such directive, though they make no apologies about living under Shariah law and trying to impose that on the entire world. What a dufus hypocrite!?