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United Church of Canada Urges the Boycott of Israeli Products
Breaking Israel News ^ | 12/9/13

Posted on 12/09/2013 2:59:41 PM PST by Impala64ssa

Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and shame will cease. (Proverbs 22:10)

Jewish groups condemned a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that was launched this week by the United Church of Canada. The campaign, titled “Unsettling Goods,” urges the boycotting of Ahava, Keter Plastics, and SodaStream, which all have factories in Judea and Samaria.

“How shameful that any Christian, much less the United Church of Canada, would choose to ignore the ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East and instead incite hatred for Israel, the only democracy in the region where tolerance and religious freedoms are practiced. There can be only one conclusion—the nearly irrelevant United Church of Canada’s leaders have fallen prey to the world’s oldest hatred, and their motives can only be attributed to bigotry and anti-Semitism,” Meryle Kates, executive director of the Canada branch of the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs, told JNS.org.

B’nai B’rith Canada CEO Frank Dimant said the United Church of Canada “would realize who they really are hurting” if they took “time to examine the facts,” noting that SodaStream “employs 500 Palestinians as well as 400 additional Arabs living in eastern Jerusalem at its Ma’ale Adumim manufacturing facility alone,” Israel National News reported.

Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center President and CEO Avi Benlolo said, “Despite Hamas’ repeated calls for the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews, based on Article 13 of the Hamas Covenant, which states ‘There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad,’ and despite calls by Fatah officials for a third violent intifada against Israel, the United Church sees fit to pray for a successful boycott against Jewish businesses in Israel, while ignoring the ongoing incitement to violence and genocide against Israel and Jews coming from Palestinian leaders.” This article was provided courtesy of JNS.org


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boycott
Oh, so we have a bunch of "Christian" zealots trying to impose their morality on the rest of us?

Thanks to the UCC for reminding me that Soda Stream is an Israeli made product. I just might go out and buy one.
1 posted on 12/09/2013 2:59:41 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Yep, unitarians. The church which starts its prayers with "to whom it may concern"

CC

2 posted on 12/09/2013 3:06:38 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Celtic Conservative

United Church of Anti-Semitism


3 posted on 12/09/2013 3:09:01 PM PST by thorvaldr
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To: Impala64ssa

I think its a good time to buy Israeli products


4 posted on 12/09/2013 3:12:52 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Impala64ssa

Naot makes nice ladies sandals.


5 posted on 12/09/2013 3:15:22 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Impala64ssa
“How shameful that any Christian, much less the United Church of Canada, would choose to ignore the ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East

They sound like just another CINO group. Christian in name only. After all, Jesus said those who kill you, will think they do God a service.

6 posted on 12/09/2013 3:22:21 PM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: Impala64ssa
Not much of a church if it ignores the Words of the Bible:

“I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee”
Genesis 12:3

7 posted on 12/09/2013 3:31:45 PM PST by PATRIOT1876
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Where do I go to buy Israeli products. I’m shifting as much of my monthly purchases there, as I can!


8 posted on 12/09/2013 3:38:45 PM PST by veracious
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To: veracious

If you like hummus, you can’t go wrong with Sabra, even Wally World carries it.


9 posted on 12/09/2013 4:36:23 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: GeronL
I think its a good time to buy Israeli products.

I just bought a 1200 round case of 5.56 IMI(Israel Military Industries) M193 55gr.

10 posted on 12/09/2013 4:41:01 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Ah Canada out of the closet...


11 posted on 12/09/2013 4:43:03 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: trisham

“Naot makes nice ladies sandals.”

Yep ! I’ve got 2 pairs of Naots. Terrific product.

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12 posted on 12/09/2013 4:45:43 PM PST by Mears
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To: Impala64ssa

This is actually funny. They want to boycott items in “occupied” areas.

How the hell did they think Canada became Canada?

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13 posted on 12/09/2013 4:51:24 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

:)


14 posted on 12/09/2013 4:51:31 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Mears

Oops,I mean “manufactured” in occupied areas.

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15 posted on 12/09/2013 4:55:13 PM PST by Mears
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To: SVTCobra03

1200 sounds like a good start. lol.


16 posted on 12/09/2013 5:15:16 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Impala64ssa

Canada’s fastest-dying denomination is trying to organize a boycott?

Israel must be terrified.


17 posted on 12/10/2013 3:08:41 AM PST by Preston Manning (When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
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