ajwps
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Finally our loving Presbyterian brethern admitted to have aligned themselves with the forces of murdering terrorists against the land of Jesus and its Jewish population. Who said the Jewish people don't need a country of their own with friends like these who 'turn their cheeks' in Christian love?
These are the same Christians who in Germany became concentration guards and gas pellet droppers. Which Christian Nazis murdered babies during the week and went to their Presbetary on Sunday to get forgiven? Have times really changed?
Who said that the Jewish people will never be turned into scapegoats right here in the good ole USA?
http://www.pcusa.org/oga/newsstories/israel.htm
These are the same Christians who in Germany became concentration guards and gas pellet droppers. Which Christian Nazis murdered babies during the week and went to their Presbetary on Sunday to get forgiven? Have times really changed?
Who said that the Jewish people will never be turned into scapegoats right here in the good ole USA?
http://www.pcusa.org/oga/newsstories/israel.htm
The assembly called for an end to Israels construction of the separation barrier.
While fully aware of our interest in Israels security, the major reason for this action was the assemblys concern of the impact of the structure on the economic, social, and religious life of Palestinians.
The assembly action used the word wall because it has become a general reference for the physical structure being put in place.
It raised legitimate questions, corroborated by Israels Supreme Court and the International Court of Justice, regarding the route of the wall.
In previous assemblies, the church has called for an end to the occupation, as the principal cause of the conflict. .....
The assembly authorized exploration of a selective divestment of church funds from those companies whose business in Israel is found to be directly or indirectly causing harm or suffering to innocent people, Palestinian or Israeli. It did not approve a blanket divestment from companies that do business in Israel, as is being reported in some places. This action was taken in response to an overture from the Presbytery of St. Augustine, representing the churches in northeast Florida.
The assembly asked the Mission Responsibility Through Investment Committee, the denominations permanent committee that develops socially responsible investment guidelines, to initiate a process to look into companies investing in Israel and to bring recommendations re: phasing in selective divestments to the General Assembly Council for action in March 2005.
Although the decision to initiate a process of phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel may be presumed by some to invite comparison of Israeli policies with those of apartheid South Africa, the assembly has not asserted any moral equivalency between the two. The two situations are distinct. The focus of this action is to explore use of a proven tool of economic pressure to motivate real change in Israeli policies and movement toward peace.
Again, the assemblys action calls for a selective divestment, and not a blanket economic boycott, keeping before us our interest in Israels economic and social well-being where these do not inflict suffering on Palestinian or Israeli people.