View Full Version : Presbyterian's endorse divestment of Israel


Brian Foley
07-18-04, 01:38 AM
The wheels of divestment are gaining velocity in isolating Israel ! Abject disgust with Zionism is taking hold and is becoming accepted and equated with Apartheid .

Major US Christian Denomination Backs Divestment From Israel
00:22 Jul 16, '04 / 27 Tammuz 5764

Leaders of the largest Christian Presbyterian denomination have officially equated Israel with apartheid-era South Africa and voted to divest from Israel, according to a report in the New York Forward.

The decision by the Presbyterian Church was approved 431 to 62 in a vote at the 216th annual General Assembly of the church, which has a membership of 3 million and a foundation and pension fund of $7 billion....

The Presbyterian Assembly also voted overwhelming to condemn Israel's construction of the separation/security fence and to officially disavow Christian Zionism as a legitimate theological stance.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=65786
The Palestinian struggle like the Sth African struggle will be decided by the people of the world over the heads of their govts .

Undecided
07-19-04, 01:29 PM
The backlash has finally begun...