Welby stands by Holy Land comments after Jewish backlash The Archbishop of Canterbury has defended comments about the plight of Christians in the Holy Land. Jerusalem church leaders warned in the lead-up to Christmas of "countless" attacks on Christians and Christian sites in the region. "These tactics are being used by such radical groups in a systematic attempt to drive the Christian community out of Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land," they said. Archbishop Justin Welby echoed these concerns in a Sunday Times article co-authored with the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem. Together they wrote, "Christians in Israel enjoy...