07 September 2006
Israel’s two chief rabbis and the archbishop of Canterbury signed an agreement aimed at continuing interfaith dialogue. Rabbis Shlomo Amar and Yona Metzger signed the agreement on Tuesday with archbishop Rowan Williams, head of the Anglican Church. Williams acknowledged that there were differences of opinion over how to reduce tensions in the Middle East, but added, "This is a potentially fruitful development for relations between Christians and Jews in general and for the peoples of the Holy Land in particular…What we have agreed today will provide a framework within which both practical and sometimes challenging issues can be discussed on the basis of mutual trust and respect… Without friendship and mutual confidence, without the ability to speak to one another candidly and lovingly, we shall never be in a position where our relationship can change things and challenge things and move the situation forward."
