Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel
New York Times - 3 hours ago
DETROIT — After passionate debate over how best to help break the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted on Friday at its general convention to divest from three companies that it says supply Israel with ...
Presbyterians to divest as protest against Israel
WNDU-TV - 2 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) -- The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose ...
Presbyterians to divest stock to protest Israeli policy on Palestinians; 3 ...
Fox News - 8 minutes ago
DETROIT – The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose ...
US Presbyterians vote to divest from firms supplying Israeli forces and settlers
InterAksyon - 20 minutes ago
The close vote came after a week of intense lobbying and "most contentious debate of this assembly," the church's news service said, noting that divestment has historically been seen as a "last resort" after "other engagement tools have failed." In a statement ...
Presbyterians to divest from 3 companies to protest Israeli policies
Los Angeles Times - 23 minutes ago
During its national meeting, the general assembly narrowly voted to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions by a vote of 310-303. Those three companies are said to supply Israel with tools used in building settlements in the West Bank ...
US Presbyterians to divest Israeli-connected shares
The Seattle Times - 24 minutes ago
DETROIT — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose ...
US Presbyterians vote to divest from firms to pressure Israel
MENAFN.COM - 36 minutes ago
(MENAFN - AFP) The nearly 1.9 million member Presbyterian Church USA voted Friday after a contentious debate to divest from three companies that provide supplies to Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank. The 310 to 303 vote at the ...
Presbyterian Church (USA) Makes Controversial Move Against Israel
Huffington Post - 38 minutes ago
The largest U.S. Presbyterian church narrowly voted Friday to divest from three multinational corporations that it said supply Israel with products that promote violence in occupied Palestinian territories. The divestment, vehemently opposed by many of the ...
Presbyterian Church votes to divest in protest of Israeli policies
RT (blog) - 42 minutes ago
The Presbyterian Church has narrowly voted to move forward with divestment in various companies in protest of Israeli policies toward Palestinians. The group has now become the most prominent in the US to endorse some form of divestment. The top US ...
Presbyterians vote to divest in protest over Israeli occupation
Al Jazeera America - 56 minutes ago
By a narrow margin, the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. voted Friday to divest from three firms that it says supply Israel with goods and services used in the occupation of Palestinian territory. Members of the denomination's General Assembly, which represents all ...
Presbyterian Church votes in favor of divesting from Israel
The Times of Israel - 1 hour ago
In a move that a number of Jewish leaders warned would damage Jewish-Presbyterian relations for years to come, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA voted Friday in favor of divesting from three US companies which they complained profit ...
Presbyterians narrowly vote to divest from companies used by Israel
Fox News - 1 hour ago
DETROIT – The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose ...
US Presbyterians to divest stock to protest Israeli policy on Palestinians
Globalnews.ca - 1 hour ago
Carol Hylkema of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, a Presbyterian group that advocates for Palestinians and spearheaded the drive for divestment, said their action was modeled on the divestment movement to end apartheid in South Africa. The vote was ...
Presbyterians narrowly vote to divest from 3 companies involved in Israeli ...
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Friday (June 20) to divest church funds from three American companies it cited for profiting from the oppression of Palestinians within Israel's occupied territories. The 310-303 vote of the church's General Assembly in ...
Haaretz
Presbyterians to divest from 3 companies to protest Israeli policies
Los Angeles Times--
Though advocates said the decision should not signal support for a broader movement aimed at taking action to encourage Israel to change its policies toward ...
Presbyterians to divest stock to protest Israeli policy on Palestinians ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune-
DETROIT — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest ...
Presbyterians vote 310-to-303 for Israel 'Occupation' divestment
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. - 2 hours ago
The American Presbyterian church voted Friday by a slim 310-303 margin to divest itself of holdings in three companies accused of supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The measure, which is a victory for the boycott Israel movement, means ...
ADL condemns US Presbyterian Church vote to join Israel divestment movement
Jerusalem Post - 2 hours ago
At the church's general convention in Detroit, the vote came 310 to 303 to join the divestment campaign against Israel. The ADL stated that the Presbyterian Church made the decision with the vote to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett Packard and Motorola ...
In 'turning-point' vote, Presbyterians divest from occupation-linked corporations
Mondoweiss - 2 hours ago
Nearly 30 years after it divested from corporations complicit in South African apartheid, the Presbyterian Church voted 310-303 to divest from three corporations involved with the Israeli military and its occupation. The vote means that $21 million of ...
Presbyterians Back Anti-Israel Divestment
Christian News Wire (press release) - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, June 20, 2014 /Christian Newswire/ -- Presbyterian commissioners have voted to divest the 1.76 million-member denomination from three companies that do business with Israel. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly passed a ...
Presbyterians vote to divest as protest against Israel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 3 hours ago
Detroit — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday became the most prominent religious group in the United States to endorse divestment as a protest against Israeli policies toward Palestinians, voting to sell church stock in three companies whose ...
AJC: Presbyterian Divestment A Breach with Jews, Undermines Israeli ...
Virtual Press Office (press release) - 3 hours ago
DETROIT, June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC called today's Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) decision to divest from major companies doing business with Israel a setback for efforts to attain a negotiated, sustainable Israeli-Palestinian peace ...
Presbyterian Assembly Says Gay Marriage is Christian
WBOC TV 16 - 3 hours ago
Commissioners and advisors wait in line to debate a vote on whether the church should recognize same-sex marriage at the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cobo Hall, in Detroit, Thursday, June 19. (Photo: AP). DETROIT (AP)- The top ...
Presbyterians vote to divest from 3 firms that make products used by Israel
Detroit Free Press - 3 hours ago
In what supporters called a historic vote, Presbyterians voted late Friday 51%-49% to divest from three companies that make products used by Israel. Presbyterian Church U.S.A., an influential Protestant group meeting in Detroit this week for their biennial ...
Presbyterian Church USA joins BDS movement
San Diego Jewish World - 3 hours ago
Presbyterian Church USA DETROIT (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee called Friday's Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) decision to divest from major companies doing business with Israel a setback for efforts to attain a negotiated, sustainable ...
Newsmax.com - 3 hours ago
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has narrowly voted to divest from three companies in protest over Israeli treatment of Palestinians. The church's General Assembly passed the resolution Friday night by just seven votes, with a vote of 310-303. The move ...
US Presbyterians vote to divest from companies involved with the IDF
Haaretz - 3 hours ago
Divestment advocates narrowly outnumbered those opposed to the measure 310-303. General Assembly moderator Heath Rada, followed the results announcement with a call to Jews and Israelis that the vote did not reflect lack of love for them by the ...
Presbyterians at Detroit convention weigh divesting from 3 companies
The Detroit News - 3 hours ago
Andreis Coetzee, who is part of the Muskingum Valley Presbytery in Ohio, credited the church for forcing change in his native South Africa by divesting in companies that did business there and believes the time has come for divestment from companies that ...
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US Presbyterians vote to divest from firms to pressure Israel
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