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May 19, 2006

Divestment roils Jewish-Presbyterian ties

Topics: Dhimmitude

Punish Israel for getting blitz with suicide bombers, reward the Palestinians for terrorizing Israel. Now that makes a hell of a lot of sense!

Like what's going on with the leadership of the Presbyterian Church and their pro-terrorist anti-Jewish divestment resolution?

As Presbyterians across America gear up for their biennial assembly next month, the legacy of the last such meeting is still roiling the Jewish community and the church's own members.

Two years ago, the Presbyterian Church USA passed a resolution calling for "phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel."

Those who long have followed Jewish-Protestant relations weren't surprised.

"It was the culmination of decades - not years, but decades - of hostility toward Israel and Zionism, not by the rank-and-file members of these churches, but by some of the leadership," said Rabbi A. James Rudin, senior interreligious adviser for the American Jewish Committee, where he staffed the interfaith department for 38 years.

I've received emails from rank-and-file members who are frustrated over their leadership's postition. Apparently, there's a groundswell of opposition that's occurred within the church, and there's even a Web site called "End Divestment Now."

For Presbyterians that aren't up to date on what's going on, Will Spotts has prepared an analysis of the 34 overtures that will be debated at the upcoming General Assembly. The vast majority of those overtures oppose divestment.

Posted by Richard at May 19, 2006 4:45 PM

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