The annual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church recently voted to stop investing in Israel and leaders of the church officially equated Israel with apartheid South Africa. This according to the Forward newspaper. The Presbyterian Church, which has 3 million members, is the first Christian denomination to make such a move. The Anti-Defamation League has blasted the vote. In a letter to the Church, the ADL wrote,”To assert that there is a moral equivalency between the racist policy of apartheid and the efforts to protect the citizenry of Israel is unconscionable.”
Presbyterian Church Votes To Divest From Israel Investments
HeadlineJul 16, 2004