The Methodist Church is to face a legal challenge over its discriminatory campaign against Israel.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that lawyer Paul Diamond will argue that the Methodist resolution passed in the summer is in breach of European human rights law and a wide-ranging European Union directive on racism.
By singling out Israel, rather than other countries with often worse human rights records, Mr Diamond will claim the church is being deliberately prejudiced against the Jewish state.
Update: there has been a predicable reaction to this story on another blog. I have taken the opportunity to give more detail there. Please go here.![]()
The Sunday Telegraph reports that lawyer Paul Diamond will argue that the Methodist resolution passed in the summer is in breach of European human rights law and a wide-ranging European Union directive on racism.
By singling out Israel, rather than other countries with often worse human rights records, Mr Diamond will claim the church is being deliberately prejudiced against the Jewish state.
Update: there has been a predicable reaction to this story on another blog. I have taken the opportunity to give more detail there. Please go here.
