church divestment

BDS roundup: mounting calls on Alicia Keys to cancel Israel show

African American notables issue open letter affirming Jim Crow analogy in Palestine.

BDS Roundup: University of Sydney student council passes academic boycott resolution

University of Sydney’s student representative council passes academic boycott resolution to cut ties with Israel’s Technion, citing complicity in violations against Palestinian rights.

Lobby takes gloves off in assault on Christian leaders who questioned US aid to Israel

Pro-Israel groups threaten to use their muscle to get Congress to investigate “delegitimizers of Israel.”

BDS key to a "just peace," says Palestinian Christian boycott activist

Joe Catron
Gaza Strip
3 October 2012

While much work is still to be done, the coordinator of the project that produced the landmark Kairos Palestine document reflects on its successes.

"Seeking Balance": How Albuquerque Cathedral that slammed its doors to Sabeel helps Israeli oppression

Episcopal Cathedral of Albuquerque offers weak excuses and effectively takes Israel’s side against Palestinians.

Podcast: deportation of Palestinian prisoners a war crime, says rights defender

Sahar Francis of Addameer warns current and former hunger strikers are not receiving urgently needed medical treatment in Israeli prison.

Divestment vote fails, but Presbyterian Church (USA) resolves to boycott Israeli settlement products

“This very close divestment vote and the successful boycott vote, along with several other recent watershed victories, makes clear that Israel can no longer count on being singled out for special treatment.”

No easy victories: Presbyterian Church USA divestment measure loses by only two votes

A measure to divest approximately $17 million of the Presbyterian Church USA’s funds from corporations profitting from the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands was defeated by only two votes tonight.

Committee of Presbyterian Church (USA) votes in favor of divestment; now heads for final vote

A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of an upcoming divestment initiative that could pull the church’s funds from three major US companies.

BDS roundup: South Africa and Denmark to correctly label Israeli settlement products

South Africa and Denmark make historic rulings to correctly label Israeli settlement products; and international Quaker churches fully divest from the Caterpillar corporation.

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