Posted on 06/25/2005 11:47:56 PM PDT by HeebrewHammer
Dear Friends of Israel,
YOUR LETTER IS NEEDED NOW.
Please take a few minutes and write a letter to the leadership of the United Church of Christ because they are preparing to have a conference in Atlanta Georgia NEXT WEEK (July 3, 2005) and decide on whether or not to divest from companies who do business in Israel.
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Read the letter below and write your own TODAY..... please. Don't leave this task to someone else...
SEND YOUR LETTER TO:
thomasj@ucc.org guffeye@ucc.org jacksonb@ucc.org malayanj@ucc.org copel@ucc.org info@standwithus.com
Dear Spiritual Leaders of the United Church of Christ,
As Jews who have known discrimination, boycotts and isolation by Christian churches, we ask you to lead the United Church of Christ in rejecting the upcoming General Synod Resolutions 3, 15, and 16.
These resolutions seek to isolate Israel and deprive it of reasonable security measures through proposed church actions including divestment of church funds from companies doing business with Israel.
Why would the United Church of Christ embrace resolutions that penalize one side - Israel - without leveling equally strong criticism against the Palestinian Authority, which for example, has not dismantled Palestinian terrorist groups?
Should you not, as leaders of a human rights focused church, focus your criticism on Christian-hostile governments such as Saudi Arabia which denies women basic human rights and bans public expression by non-Muslims?
Anti-Semitism is found throughout the Arab world's media and education systems. If the General Synod passed these resolutions, they only will serve to legitimize and even make attractive the foul stench of fanaticism such as Palestinian clerics calling for genocide of Israelis - Jews and non-Jews. May we suggest that the General Synod view Palestinian Authority Television footage of Palestinian children being trained to become suicide bombers. As you know, Israel is the Middle East's safest place for persecuted sexual minorities. As leaders of a welcoming Christian denomination, surely this must be important to you. Many Palestinians who have suffered persecution and/or threat of hate crimes for their own life style differences, have found refuge in Israel. One would hope that the UCC would be consistent with its own liberal values, and support the one country in the Middle East that upholds the freedom to be different, and serves as a beacon of tolerance for all minorities in the Middle East.
Christian faith is tied to Hebrew Scriptures. Yet through these General Synod resolutions, a small group of anti-Israel activists attempts now to demonize Israel on behalf of the entire UCC denomination. Please keep in mind too that for 57 years Israel has been a safe haven for Arab Christians.
We ask you to lead the General Synod in a strong rejection of the aforementioned and unjust resolutions.
Sincerely,
Esther Renzer, National President,
Roz Rothstein, National Director StandWithUs
Bunch of anti-semitic jerks. Why can't churches focus on telling people that Jesus died for their sins and rose again, and stay out of stupid boycotts? And over something so unbiblical anyway. Jesus calls His followers to love the Jews, not play to the world's anti-semitic liking.
If there is one sin I cannot abide it is anti-semitism. Such people are beetle dung. And that includes fellow Christians.
If there is one sin I cannot abide it is anti-semitism. Such people are beetle dung. And that includes fellow Christians.
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