By Joseph Rossell, Juicy Ecumenism.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) wrapped up its biannual General Assembly last Saturday. Liberals largely got their way, passing numerous progressive resolutions. Delegates agreed to explore divestment from Israel, declared that a peaceful two-state Israel/Palestine solution was nearly “impossible,” affirmed Christian pacifism, and issued apologies to Native Americans and the
community.
Perhaps the most extreme measures General Assembly adopted involved Israel. Delegates passed a resolution that stated that the PCUSA should: “Prayerfully study the call from Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against the state of Israel…”
This resolution was intended to discipline Israel for allegedly violating the human rights of Palestinians. It expanded on a resolution passed in 2014 requiring the PCUSA to divest from companies supposedly profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. These companies included Hewlett Packard, Caterpillar, and Motorola Solutions.
Delegates at General Assembly also affirmed their “preference for a two-state solution,” a position which the denomination has held since 1982, but simultaneously recommended considering alternatives to achieve “a new political arrangement.” The assembly passed a statement that said:
Israel’s policy trajectory of continued settlements and brutal occupation is deeply troubling. Not only does it make a two-state solution increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to achieve, but the emerging, de facto single state’s systematic violation of Palestinian rights and democratic values is eroding Israel’s moral legitimacy.
These measures drew criticism from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). While glad that the PCUSA was “supportive of Israel’s legitimacy,” ADL criticized the denomination’s move toward supporting BDS and for backing away from a diplomatic solution they traditionally supported.
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Yeah the commissioners gave a salute out to Israel………….with their driving fingers, they are going to stand by their oppressed terrorist friends come hell or high water, just like that Palestinian that broke into a 13 year old Israeli/American girls bedroom while sleeping and stabbed her a couple of days ago. it would be nice if the pcusa would quit speaking for us on things they know nothing about.
Someone in the PC USA hierarchy is engaging in obvious Jew hate and many congregation members are tiring of it. The liberal agenda will eventually be corrected and I thank God that I can aver as much; especially in that our liberal friends have failed to educate the thousands of congregations who would withhold their tithes if they knew the full story here. Actually, the majority of our denomination is comprised of the elderly; a perfect group to scam:( There is nothing sacred about the current “work” of the elites who control this denomination. Enough! The current Stated Secretary should step down. He is allowing a small handful of Jew haters to make policy under the guise of legitimate changes to our polity. Again, enough! Finally, this may not play well when CNN and others become interested in just how one small group of mostly women can destroy a denomination from within. Hah, God speaks to me, too, and He wants no part of this. Let Israel be, for starters.
The ongoing anti-Semitic positions of the PCUSA defy logic and begs the question how such vile and pathological hatred can be tolerated by an allegedly Christian religious organization.