(By Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service). The moderator of the 216th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) was among five interfaith leaders denied access to a passenger jet headed for Israel this week. Rick Ufford-Chase was part of an interfaith delegation of 23 Muslims, Jews and Christians boarding a Lufthansa Airlines jet at Washington Dulles…
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…
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…