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Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/05/03/3125721/scottish-church-says-jews-have-no-claim-to-holy-land

Church of Scotland Says Jews Have No Claim to Holy Land

(JTA) The Church of Scotland has published a paper denying that "scripture" provides a basis for Jewish claims to Israel. The paper, entitled "The Inheritance of Abraham," rejects "claims that scripture offers any peoples a privileged claim for possession of a particular territory." The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities said Friday that the paper is "an outrage to everything that interfaith dialogue stands for" and "reads like an Inquisition-era polemic against Jews and Judaism." "The arrogance of telling the Jewish people how to interpret Jewish texts and Jewish theology is breathtaking," the council said.

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