Rescind anti-Israeli resolutions
From the Simon Wiesenthal Center:
Ever since the infamous Durban UN Conference on the eve of 9/11, the international campaign to delegitimize and demonize Israel through one-sided and unfair resolutions by churches, academicians and by non-governmental organizations continues unabated.
Just last year, many joined our petition campaign protesting to the United Church of Christ (UCC) over the unfair and dangerous resolutions calling for the dismantling of Israel’s life-saving, security barrier.
Tragically, another important mainline Protestant group, the Presbyterian Church (USA) takes up its embrace of divestment against the Jewish State at its national gathering this weekend in Alabama.
Please follow this link to sign the protest to the four candidates for the position of Moderator of the PCUSA, one of whom will be chosen on the first day of the General Assembly.
Famed human rights activist Natan Sharansky told Presbyterian leaders in Israel last month, “The divestment resolution is guilty of a double standard that unfairly singles out Israel in a world awash with crimes against humanity, mass murder, and serious human rights abuses. This resolution empowers the most extreme elements opposed to peace with any Jewish state, and may very well contribute to the loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives.”
We therefore urge the leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA to heed the call of the eleven Church leaders who traveled to Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank with us and upon their return announced “The Church’s current policy to divest their $7 billion pension fund against the State of Israel is flawed… [we call] on the PCUSA’s over 500 voting commissioners to rescind the policy… and replace it with a positive strategy to bring about genuine peace and justice for Palestinians and Israelis alike.”
