Presbyterians to divest from Israel

This is a World Net Daily link, but I know how much some here worship it . You can google this and find other sources.

Presbyterians to divest from Israel

By an overwhelming vote of its general assembly, the Presbyterian Church USA, boasting 3 million members, is siding with Palestinian Arabs and against Israel, choosing to divest from the Jewish state as it did only with apartheid South Africa.

With the decision, approved in a 431-62 vote at the 216th annual general assembly of the PCUSA, the denomination is believed to be the largest organization or institution to join the divestment campaign against Israel. It is the first Christian denomination to do so.

In 2001, the combined value of the church's foundation and pension fund was estimated at $7 billion.

Leaders of the liberal mainline Protestant church approved several other anti-Israel resolutions at their gathering in Richmond, Va., and also refused to halt funding for "messianic congregations" that target Jews for conversion.

The Presbyterian resolutions came just as Jewish organizations were hailing the results of a historic international interfaith meeting in Buenos Aires last week, where Roman Catholic officials for the first time signed on to a document equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.

The assembly set the stage for the church to divest itself from companies that receive $1 million dollars or more in profits per year from investments in Israel or have invested $1 million dollars or more in Israel.

In a news release, the PCUSA liaison to the Middle East, Rev. Victor Makari, was quoted as saying: "If nothing else seems to have changed the policy of Israel toward Palestinians, we need to send a clear and strong message."

The church statement noted that "divestment is one of the strategies that U.S. churches used in the 1970s and '80s in a successful campaign to end apartheid in South Africa."

This is interesting. I dont know what to say really, lol. Will we see a bunch of Presbyterians in orange jumpsuits down at Guantanamo Bay?

[edit on 6-8-2005 by cargo]

Interesting. I was raised Presbyterian and much of my family still is (that hasn't gone over to the dark side in support of Holy War).

I mean this is what happens. One group gets political, they all do.

It's the end of both religion and politics as we know it.

The only difference I see between religion and politics is that religion includes superstition. It's basically just politics of a different slant.

And religion adds to the world's deception concerning what Israel really is (a chosen people rather than a designated area of land).