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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Rev. J. Herbert Nelson, then the director of the Presbyterian Church Office of Public Witness, at a prayer service outside the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, on October 8, 2013. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
January 21, 2022, 9:44 pm
Top Presbyterian official slammed for equating Israeli occupation with slavery
Jewish groups criticize Rev. J. Herbert Nelson for MLK Day comments that also said American Jews have the influence to get US government to end it
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative image of people attending the 220th General Assembly (2012) of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh listen to a session on Thursday, July 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
June 25, 2018, 4:19 pm
Presbyterian Church USA blasts ‘apartheid’ Israel at its General Assembly
Gathering passes 7 resolutions against Jewish state, including opposing anti-BDS legislation, calling Israel an apartheid state and slamming actions in Gaza
By JTA
Dexter Van Zile
May 9, 2018, 3:44 pm
Dexter Van Zile
Hijacking the Titanic
‘Presbyterian’ has become synonymous with Jew-hatred and unreasonable hostility toward Israel for good reason
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
July 7, 2017, 2:10 am
Mennonite Church USA votes to divest in protest of Israeli policies
Measure also condemns anti-Jewish sentiment, urges stronger relations with Jews and recommends review of church’s response to the Holocaust
By Agencies
Graffiti sprayed on a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron reads 'Boycott Israel' (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)
June 28, 2016, 5:41 am
Jewish groups decry fresh Presbyterian divestment efforts
ADL, B’nai B’rith say series of measures protesting Israel’s West Bank policies serve to ‘demonize’ the Jewish state
By Tamar Pileggi
Michael Gizzi
May 18, 2016, 2:15 pm
Michael Gizzi
That ‘largely non-violent’ Intifada
An erroneous, biased Presbyterian Church committee report on Israel and the Palestinians toes the BDS line
Illustrative photo of signs calling for the boycott of Israel at an anti-Israel protest in San Francisco, April 2011. (CC BY-dignidadrebelde, Flickr)
February 3, 2016, 6:43 pm
Presbyterian group promotes two-state solution in pamphlet
Grassroots ‘Presbyterians for Middle East Peace’ aims to counter growing anti-Israel activity in church
By JTA
PC(USA) study guide, Zionism:Unsettled (photo credit: Times of Israel)
June 30, 2014, 12:05 pm
Anti-Zionist tract no longer for sale on Presbyterian site
‘Zionism Unsettled’ declared at recent general assembly as ‘not representative of the views of the Presbyterian Church’
By JTA
Several attendants of the Presbyterian General Assembly in Detroit form a prayer circle and sing for Israeli-Arab peace. Two are seen wearing shirts which read: 'Another Jew supporting divestment.' (screen capture: YouTube)
June 28, 2014, 2:02 am
Presbyterians ‘committed more than ever’ to relationship with Jews
After vote to divest from 3 companies operating in West Bank, US church affirms commitment to interfaith cooperation
By JTA
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, addressing the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to urge them to reject divestment, June 19, 2014. (photo credit: JTA)
June 25, 2014, 5:59 am
At Presbyterian assembly, pro-divestment win is a limited one
Motion passed by Christian group made clear that it didn’t split with Israel, but Jewish leaders say it marks ‘separation’
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Taglit-Birthright Israel event in Caesarea on June 24, 2014 (Photo credit: Asaf Lev)
June 25, 2014, 2:21 am
PM to Presbyterians: Israel a vibrant democracy
At Taglit event, Netanyahu advises critics to go to Syria, Iraq and see ‘Christians prosecuted and minorities butchered’
By ToI Staff
A sign welcomes attendees to J Street’s 2013 national conference in Washington. (photo credit: Courtesy of J Street)
June 23, 2014, 9:38 pm
J Street decries Presbyterian divestment decision
Left-wing organization says move not appropriate, will not bring peace any closer
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 22, 2014. (Photo credit: AP/Baz Ratner, Pool)
June 23, 2014, 12:39 am
Netanyahu slams ‘disgraceful’ US Presbyterian divestment
PM advises critics to ‘come and see Israel for the embattled democracy it is, then take a bus tour to Libya, Syria, Iraq, and see the difference’
By AFP and AP
Kenneth Waltzer
June 21, 2014, 3:49 pm
Kenneth Waltzer
Meet the Finklers
On the ‘brazen few’ progressive Jews who say that all in Israel/Palestine is completely Israel’s fault
A Caterpillar tractor clearing land for Israeli homes in the West Bank, in 2012. (Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
June 21, 2014, 12:04 pm
‘We cannot profit from the destruction of homes and lives,’ Presbyterians say
Church leaders explain decision to divest from 3 US companies they say profit from Israeli occupation, as Jewish leaders condemn vote
By ToI Staff, Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP
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