About this episode

Bishop of Gloucester discusses her trip to Israel and Palestine and the need for justice in the West Bank.

On the podcast this week, staff writer Francis Martin speaks to the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, about her recent trip to Israel and Palestine. Travelling with the Bishops of Norwich and Chelmsford, Bishop Treweek met Anglicans across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The bishops planted olive trees in the al-Makhrour valley near Bethlehem, with members of the group Rabbis for Human Rights. “Words are not enough,” she says, as a response to the situation affecting Palestinians, and suggests that the UK Government is “complicit in the occupation” of the West Bank. The episode was recorded on 30 January. Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to www.churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader

People in this episode

Host: Francis Martin

Guest: Rt Revd Rachel Treweek

Topics covered

• justice
• West Bank
• Israel
• Palestine
• Anglican Church
• human rights

Keywords

• Bishop of Gloucester
• justice
• West Bank
• Palestine
• Israel
• Anglicans
• human rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rabbis for Human Rights

Places: West Bank, Israel, Palestine, al-Makhrour valley, Bethlehem

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