So your answer is, go ahead and screw with Israel, our Middle Eastern ally facing Palestinian Arab terrorism, because it won't hurt them anyway?
You are twisted. Would a protest march of activists in front of your church each Sunday holding signs calling you "Jew Haters" be ok because it is just symbolic?
Even if it were symbolic action, symbolic actions can hurt. A protest march is symbolic. A flag burning is symbolic. The pie tossed in Bill Gates' face was symbolic. Symbolic actions can have great effect. Your movement's boycott of Israel already has served to validate a University of Wisconsin campus' decision to do the same.
Why do you persist in defending your church's craven actions by infantilizing them? Saying things like they won't have any effect anyway, or suggesting that we boycott the Palestinian Arabs too, don't provide a defense to your church's decision to turn its back on our ally Israel, in its time of need.
You should be ashamed.
You ought to consider the more reasoned analysis of the Israel-Palestine situation, as opposed to your shrill denunciation of all who don't share your perspective, laid out by others on this and similar threads, re: Condi's position on a two state scenario. {You had pinged me to this thread from the Condi thread if you recall).
Israelis and Palestinians alike favor a two state scenario.
The Bush Administration favors a two state solution.
To reiterate my previously stated position - if a 'state of Palestine' doesn't stop terrorist violence launched against Israel, then Israel has a nation-state with which to contend not amorphous 'refugees,' 'occupied territories,' etc.
It seems you drew me onto this thread in order to get me to post something to allow you to lash out at the PCUSA; Condi Rice, whoever seems to be drawing your ire. I hope you feel better.