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Presbyterian Church in US
considers Israel divestment
Times of Israel ^
| 7/5/12
| staff
Posted on 07/05/2012 8:12:41 PM PDT by Nachum
The largest Presbyterian group in the US is considering divesting from three major global companies over the Israeli militarys use of their products in the Palestinian territories. The proposal before the Presbyterian Church (USA) has outraged many Jewish groups, who sent representatives to the churchs national assembly in Pittsburgh this week to lobby against the measure. Divestment supporters say the targeted companies Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Motorola are profiting from Palestinian suffering. The American Jewish Committee, a public policy group, has said the proposal demonizes Israel and threatens Christian-Jewish relations. Debate and vote were scheduled for late
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: church; divestment; israel; liberalism; pcusa; presbyterian; religiousleft
A "Progressive" church.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:12:49 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:16:12 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Nachum
Yeah, another moribund branch of the shriveling Mainline. Soon it will only await the death-dealing homosexual lobby to prune off the last remaining green leaves, as they have the ECUSA and the ELCA.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:17:01 PM PDT
by
hinckley buzzard
(Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village gen)
To: Nachum
Isn't this the one that's no longer Christian?
There's no risk to endangering Jewish and Christian relationships then.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:17:59 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Nachum
...may my right hand lose its cunning.
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:43:53 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1261 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: Nachum
If they put their money where their mouths were they would disinvest from Israel and invest in the Palestinian market. ;-D
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:53:32 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
To: muawiyah
Isn't this the one that's no longer Christian?
Yes. They are Pro-Homo too.
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posted on
07/05/2012 9:57:02 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: Tzar
Two Jews and two Scots walk into a Presbyterian bar...
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posted on
07/05/2012 10:19:20 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: yldstrk
Good Presbyterians have to take back control of their church. (This all got started with a couple of Syrians, as I recall, moving into church positions ....check it out...).
Good Presbyterians have read their Bibles.... And they are definitely on Israel’s side...and against this Satanic krap rotting out their church from inside...
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To: Tzar
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posted on
07/05/2012 11:04:01 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
07/06/2012 10:45:54 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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