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Presbyterian Church Proposal to Wipe ‘Israel’ off the Map

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A proposed resolution at this year’s Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly attempted to strike the word “Israel” from their hymnal.

Every two years the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) meets to decide important policies and determine the short-term direction for the Church. This year’s meeting in Detroit, Michigan, marked the 221st General Assembly and the establishment of some truly extreme, anti-Israel measures.

According to the post-Assembly letter to the Church, a major accomplishment of the conference included divestment from three corporations – Caterpillar, Hewlett Packard and Motorola Solutions, because of their affiliation with Israel. The letter states:

“[These investments] are not in compliance with the church’s policy on socially responsible investing.  The decision is a significant step in the denomination’s policy that says it should not profit from ‘non-peaceful pursuits’.”

Earlier this month, Shurat HaDin (the Israel Law Center) filed a legal complaint against the Presbyterian Church (USA) for its connections with Hezbollah. The complaint alleges violations of the US tax code for “unlawful lobbying and contact with Hezbollah, a US-designated terrorist organization.”

Vision of ‘Peace’ Includes Hezbollah, Not Israel

According to a report in The Algemeiner, the Church’s proposed resolution, which was rejected, stems from a complaint filed by a “Palestinian American Presbyterian” who is an Elder in the church.

Photo: www.presbyterianhymnal.org/

The new Presbyterian Hymnal, Glory to God, published in 2013, contains a section of hymns under the heading, “God’s Covenant with Israel.” The Elder who filed the complaint stated, “Because I am a Palestinian Christian, I am uneasy with the word ‘Israel’ in ‘God’s Covenant with Israel.’” 

In an effort to deal with the situation, the resolution proposed a re-education process regarding the difference between “biblical Israel” and the modern State of Israel. This included printing up stickers to be placed in all the hymnals.

At least for now, the resolution was rejected, but the fact that it was even raised is cause for serious concern. Anti-Semites and Muslim extremists alike have justified violence and hatred of Jews and the Jewish State by saying that “Biblical Israel” has no connection to the Holy Land of today. The Church’s divestment policies as well as the proposal to revise religious Hymnals along political lines demonize the Jewish State and, by extension, the Jewish People.

Israel needs your support to keep it united. We must not stay silent while organizations such as the Presbyterian Church (USA) seek to discredit Jewish claims to the Land of Israel.

Author: Penina Taylor, United with Israel

I declare that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish People and support all efforts to maintain and strengthen a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.

http://unitedwithisrael.org/presbyterian-church-tries-to-wipe-israel-off-the-religious-mappresbyterian-church-proposal-to-wipe-israel-off-the-map/

United Church of Christ to Boycott Israel

Jul 07, 2015 by admin in ANTI-SEMITISM

http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2015/07/07/united-church-of-christ-to-boycott-israel/

he United Church of Christ joined other American churches in boycotting Israeli businesses in Judea and Samaria. Israel’s foreign ministry slammed the move, saying their position is not based on reality.

The top legislative body of the United Church of Christ (UCC) voted Tuesday to divest from companies with businesses in Judea and Samaria.

The denomination’s General Synod endorsed the action on a vote of 508-124 with 38 abstentions during its meeting in Cleveland.

The 1.1-million-member Christian organization is not the first to do so. Last year, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to sell stock in a few companies whose products were used in Judea and Samaria.

The UCC’s resolution was broader. Delegates called on the denomination’s financial arms to sell off stock in any company profiting from what the church called “human rights violations arising from the occupation.” The church also voted to boycott Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria, although such action harms first and foremost the Palestinian employees at these Israeli factories.

In 2005, the UCC passed a resolution calling for “economic leverage” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and accused Israel of widespread human rights abuses against the Palestinians.

Peter Makari of Global Ministries, an agency that is part of the UCC, said the resolutions “reflect our urgent concern for the worsening effects of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian people and lives, including the disparity in rights and power.” The church affirmed Israel’s right to exist along with a “sovereign, independent” Palestinian state.

‘Radical’ and ‘Immoral’ Policies

Israel’s foreign ministry slammed the church’s call for a boycott as “immoral.”

Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said the denomination’s policies have “reflected the most radical politics for more than a decade and in no way reflect a moral stance or reality-based position.”

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http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2015/07/07/united-church-of-christ-to-boycott-israel/

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