Opinion. The other side of the story: Robert Spencer: The Roots of the Hamas-Israeli War. What the Left doesn’t care to Face. “Robert Spencer was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church and joined the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1984.[21][22] Spencer has stated that, under the reign of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, his grandparents were forced to emigrate from an area that is… Read More Israel Has Been Facing Much Backlash from the Western Left. But History is Long & Has Its Warnings.