The war in Gaza has become a new flashpoint between Canada’s largest protestant church and Jewish groups, who say that the famously activist church is dividing Canadians with its “unhealthy obsession with Israel and Jews.”

In recent months, the church has made a number of statements vociferously opposing Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza, launched in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attacks.

The church says its stance has never changed, but the reaction of critics has.{ai:summary}<p>The war in Gaza has intensified tensions between Canada's largest Protestant church and Jewish groups, who accuse the church of fostering division with its strong opposition to Israel's actions following the Hamas attacks on October 7. </p><p>The church's statements have been criticized as reflecting an "unhealthy obsession" with Israel and Jews. #society</p>

'Pulling people apart': Renewed tension between Canadian Jewish groups, United Church sparked by Gaza

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