Letter

In response to Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice

Israel and the ICJ

To add to the argument of Paul Heywood-Smith, the prophet Jonah was sent to preach repentance to the people of the city of Nineveh (Mosul). The people did repent, a response cited by Jesus as exemplary. Nineveh was a long, long way beyond even the Euphrates River, which the blasphemous political readings of Judaism might fancifully assert is part of a God-given Israel.

(And by the way, how does God caring so much for the non Jewish people of Nineveh square with the political “chosen people” interpretation of Jewish fundamentalists? Or with the numerous prophetic references in the Old Testament to people of all races and nations flocking to Jerusalem?)

— David Moloney from Seaford