After years of obsessive activism, a small group of anti-Zionist Christians has succeeded in forcing a major American denomination to divest from corporations that “profit from the Israeli occupation.” Despite some obligatory interfaith language and caveats that the Presbyterian Church (USA) resolution should not be “construed or represented…as divestment from the State of Israel, or an alignment with or endorsement of the global BDS movement,” it nevertheless marks a tremendous victory for Israel’s enemies. Bestowing a veneer of Christian compassion on a hateful campaign to dislodge Jewish sovereignty from the Middle East, this Presbyterian cabal has advanced the global crusade against Israel by leaps and bounds.
As a Christian, I am deeply ashamed. Once again my community has condemned the Jewish people – and only the Jewish people – in the name of Jesus Christ. I cannot overstate my disgrace.
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