An article headlined:—
Ken Funston: The endemic hatred of Jewish people – where will it end?
appeared in the ‘Belfast Newsletter’ of 4th September, some time ago now.
In a foot note to the article we are told this regarding the writer — ‘Ken Funston gained his PhD from Ulster University in 2020, and recently co-authored, with Cillian McGrattan, The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History: Protestant Memory on the Border.’
Dr Funston shows his learning by referring to the hatred of Jews — antisemitism — in history right up to the present time. He sets the present conflict in the Middle East in its proper context by referring to ‘the murderous mullahs of Iran and their Hamas and Hezbollah cohorts.’ He also highlights the cowardly contrivance of public figures to stay on the ‘safe’ side of such antisemitism by saying nothing critical of their wickedness or by openly siding with them!
A more important question to be asked, than the one that makes up the title of the article, is: ‘The endemic hatred of Jewish people – WHEN did it begin?’
However, it is clear that this hatred of the Jew is not a new phenomenon when he states, ‘The hatred of Jews – antisemitism – it can actually be traced as far back as ancient Greece’. However, it is also clear that he did not consult the Bible on this subject! It is the key to understanding antisemitism.
The hatred of the Jew dates back much further than the Grecian period.
I. THE HATRED OF THE JEW STEMS FROM WHO THEY ARE!
We read this back in the days when the offspring of Jacob had just become the nation of Israel: “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people,” Exodus 19:5.
That promise was given repeatedly to Israel. (more…)
This letter of support for Rev Abernethy’s response to Paul Given’s announcement has just been submitted to the ‘Belfast Newsletter’.