Malcolm Hedding

Hedding was born in 1952 into a British descent family that had settled in the Eastern Cape region. His father, Guy Usher Hedding, managed a gold mine. Malcolm Hedding has been involved with the work of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) since 1981 and has been executive director since 2000. On 27 May 2011, it was announced that he would be stepping down as executive director as of 31 July 2011. ==Views on Israel==

Malcolm is currently a Christian Zionist leader based in Jerusalem who is challenging the branding of Israel with the "apartheid" label. Hedding believes the Israeli barrier fence has "nothing to do with apartheid and everything to do with Israel's self-defense". He said that Israel has proven its desire to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians while granting political rights to its own Arab citizens within a liberal democratic system, but that the Palestinians remain committed to Israel's destruction. By contrast, he says, it was a tiny minority in South Africa that held power and once democracy came, the Nationalist Party that had dominated the masses disappeared. Hedding believes Israel proven its desire to reach a settlement with the Palestinians, while granting political rights to its Arab citizens within a democratic system. Nevertheless, he says that the Palestinians remain committed to Israel's destruction. ==Books==

• The Basis of Christian Support for Israel, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem-USA, 2005, • The Great Covenants of the Bible, • Hear our cry, Struik Christian Books, 1993, • For Zion's sake, Contact Publications, 1986, • Understanding Revelation, Intend Publishing, 2013, ==References==