At the end of the day Monday, the Middle East Issues Committee voted 58-18 to approve with comment, the controversial Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) report 08-06 entitled “Israel-Palestine: For Human Values in the Absence of a Just Peace.” The report with recommendations was developed by ACSWP in response to a request…
By Sean Savage, Jewish News Service. As support for Israel erodes in many Western countries, especially among liberals and the millennial generation, American-Christian backing for the Jewish state is considered one of the bulwarks against such trends. But not all Christians feel warmly about Israel. During the past several years, a number of leading mainline…
Activists who seek to enroll the church in demonizing Israel serve neither peace nor justice for anybody” – UM Action Director John Lomperis By John Lomperis, Juicy Ecumenism. United Methodists have voted to encourage church boards and agencies to end their affiliation with an organization that promotes boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Delegates from…
NGO Monitor reveals new report by church seeking to actively promote economic attack on Jewish state while downplaying Arab terror. By Ari Yashar, Arutz Sheva. A new report by an official committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) shows how the church is actively promoting the BDS movement seeking to economically cripple Israel, and downplaying Palestinian Arab…
By John Lomperis, Juicy Ecumenism. An abbreviated version of the following testimony was delivered yesterday by UMAction Director John Lomperis to the board of directors of the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church. This denominational agency, which manages billions of dollars of assets and investments on behalf of the church,…
By Max Samarov, The Jerusalem Post. I’ve spent the past three years witnessing and helping defeat Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns on campuses across North America, so I am rarely surprised by the depravity of anti-Israel activists.But BDS doesn’t limit itself to campuses, so this year I’ve had the distinct misfortune of witnessing it in…
Edison minister fights divestment policy + enlarge image by Debra Rubin NJJN Bureau Chief/Middlesex January 7, 2015 A Presbyterian minister in Edison is fighting the national church’s call to divest from companies doing business with Israel. The Rev. Kenneth Macari of the Community Presbyterian Church of Edison voted against this summer’s resolution by the Presbyterian Church USA to…
A complaint has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) against the Presbyterian Church (USA) alleging a breach of the U.S. federal standards for organizations that hold 501c3 (religious non profit) status. The complaint alleges that the denomination’s expressly political activism crosses the line of what a religious nonprofit can do under the rules….
By Yitzhak Santis, NGO Monitor The strident, revolutionary tones of the email declared, “In the midst of Israel’s attempt to end Palestinian armed resistance in Gaza…” Was this a statement from Hamas or Islamic Jihad? No. It is a fundraising appeal from the tiny, fringe non-governmental organization (NGO) Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) whose principle…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2014 SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER: PRESBYTERIAN VOTE TO ‘RECONSIDER’ TWO-STATE SOLUTION ALIGNS CHURCH WITH THOSE SEEKING END OF ISRAEL PCUSA Divestment Resolution Bolsters Anti-Peace Extremists The Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced today’s votes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA)…