Dear UK Methodists: BDS is Immoral - Reject it
The Methodist Church in Britain has but one moral option: reject BDS.
NGOs: | Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 23 Jul 2016 |
The Methodist Church in Britain has but one moral option: reject BDS.
Transparency regarding government funding for NGOs transcends partisan ideology, and is essential for ensuring the values of democracy and accountability. (Full 2012 Update)
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a U.S.-based organization, which views itself as the Jewish wing of the Palestinian solidarity movement and seeks to create a wedge within the American Jewish community over support for Israel.
NGOs that claim to promote human rights often use antisemitic themes and imagery, including blood libels, theological antisemitism, new antisemitism, and exploitation of the Holocaust.
The revised report is the same tainted wine in a new bottle. Though some of the more hurtful language was removed from the main body of the report, much of its original offensive theology and ideology remains.
Yitzhak Santis argues that for true healing with the Jewish people, the Church of Scotland must sever its ties with radical anti-Israel Christian NGOs, such as Sabeel.
A Church of Scotland report that rejects the connection of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel is strongly influenced by Sabeel, the radical Palestinian-Christian organization.