Members of "Love Never Fails" -- an alliance of pro-Israel Christian ministries in the United Kingdom -- this week called on the UK to repent for its anti-Semitic ways while attending a ceremony to mark the 1929 Hevron pogrom in which 67 Jews were slaughtered by their Arab neighbors 80 years ago. The alliance, formed in order to express repentance and sorrow for two thousand years of anti-Semitism within the Church, presented a plaque to the Hevron community entitled "In Sorrow and Shame." The plaque states the group's recognition that "officers of the British administration neglected their duty to protect the Jewish citizens of Hebron during the Arab uprising in 1929. 'Father, Forgive us,' we pray." Email readers, please click here to view the video report. Members of the group led by Roy Thurley said there was much repenting to be done about British anti-Semitism in the present, as well as that in the past. "We recognize that here in Hevron the British didn't just get caught by surprise but they actually colluded with the Arabs in the riots," said Thurley. The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) was cited as one specific example of the "institutional anti-Semitism" the group said is felt across the United Kingdom, which they believe fuels the problems that currently exist in Israel. "Just as important," noted documentary film producer Hugh Kitson, a member of the group, "the British mandate has left a legacy of violence that we still have in the Middle East today." Members of "Love Never Fails" made their statements while speaking to Meir Indor, Chairman of the Almagor organization for victims of terrorism.
