In its story on the anti-divestment vote, the Voice of America website reported:
"In a statement posted Friday night on its Facebook page, the Israeli Embassy in Washington called the resolution 'shameful.'
"'Voting for symbolic measures marginalizes and removes its ability to be a constructive partner to promote peace in the Middle East,' the statement said. 'We would have hoped that (the Presbyterian church) would have joined us in promoting peace and denouncing terrorism.'"
Mount up, you Methodists and you other five denominations in the Big Seven church bodies, the PCUSA has shown you how to fight the occupation. It has also shown you what you are up against. It will not be easy.
When you think about the hard fight ahead, remember that Bethlehem shopkeeper whose words are now in the hearts and minds of all who heard him quoted on the floor of the 2014 PCUSA General Assembly...
"In their conversation, the commissioner said to the shopkeeper, 'I know how you feel.' The shopkeeper asked him where he lived. The commissioner answered, 'In the United States.' The shopkeeper responded, 'Then you don't know how I feel. I live in a prison all of the time.'"
Words to fight by.
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