- The Presbyterian Assembly also voted overwhelming to
condemn Israel's construction of the separation/security fence and to officially
disavow Christian Zionism as a legitimate theological stance.
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- The decision by the Presbyterian Church was approved
431 to 62 in a vote at the 216th annual General Assembly of the church,
which has a membership of 3 million and a foundation and pension fund of
$7 billion.
- According to the Forward, the Protestant group is the
largest organization or institution to join the divestment campaign against
Israel. They are also the first Christian denomination to join the divestment
campaign being waged on campuses and elsewhere against the Jewish State.
The church also voted to continue funding "messianic congregations,"
which target Jews for conversion.
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- At an international interfaith meeting in Buenos Aires
last week, Roman Catholic officials signed a document that called for "the
total rejection of anti-Semitism in all its forms, including anti-Zionism
as a more recent manifestation equated anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism."
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- The Anti-Defamation League condemned the Presbyterian
decision. "We were offended and distressed by the actions of the Presbyterian
Church USA at your most recent General Assembly pertaining to Jews and
Israel." said ADL director Abraham Foxman. "Specifically, we
cite the vote to continue funding the Avodat Yisrael Church [a church in
Philadelphia that targets Jews for proselytization -ed.], and other missionizing
churches targeting Jews, and the "overture" or resolution calling
for divestiture from Israel.."
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- The Presbyterian Assembly also voted overwhelming to
condemn Israel's construction of the separation/security fence and to officially
disavow Christian Zionism as a legitimate theological stance.
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