Christian Aid art show branded anti-Semitic, British Jews claim a new exhibition is anti-Israel propaganda, By Jack Malvern, Times Online (UK), February 6, 2004 "Christian Aid has been attacked by the Board of Deputies of British Jews who claim that it has commissioned an "anti-Semitic" exhibition by a former official war artist. The Inconvenience of History by John Keane, the official artist for the Gulf War, was condemned by the board as "a propaganda display" that would be offensive to Jews. One painting, No Arabs, No Terror, shows two Jewish Boys staring at a picture of Arab children. Another, Hopeless in Gaza, recreates a photograph that became an icon of Arab suffering, in which an Arab man crouches with his child shortly before the child was shot by an Israeli soldier. There is also a portrayal of another son who was born later. Neville Nagler, the director-general of the board, wrote an open letter to John Gladwin, chairman of Christian Aid and the Bishop of Guildford, asking why the exhibition condemned Israel. Mr Nagler, who has not seen the full exhibition but a sample on Christian Aid's website, wrote: "I am dismayed that the nine pictures on Christian Aid's website all present a distinctly pro-Palestinian voice." He demanded to know if Christian Aid had any intention of displaying the "tragic aftermath of terror attacks" in Israel. "Christian Aid's support for a propaganda display of this kind is hardly consistent with its claim to ensure that its publications are balanced," he added. This is the latest clash between the board and Christian Aid after the charity produced a report last year that was highly critical of Israel's activity. A senior source on the Board of Deputies said that there were grave misgivings about Christian Aid ... Christian Aid conceded that the show, at the London Institute Gallery, emphasised the Palestinian perspective but refused to withdraw the exhibition. "It is certainly true there is an emphasis on the Palestinian point of view," a spokeswoman told The Times. "This is mainly because we were in the occupied territories. Most of our work in the region is with the Palestinian side because that is where the poverty lies."