NGO Monitor Statement on NGOs and the United Church of Christ Vote for BDS
The vote in favor of divestment by the United Church of Christ at its General Synod is a blow to morality and peacemaking in the Middle East.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
NGOs: | Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 27 Jul 2021 |
The vote in favor of divestment by the United Church of Christ at its General Synod is a blow to morality and peacemaking in the Middle East.
The vast majority of the speakers listed on the program are virulent anti-Israel ideologues who demonize Israel.
Yitzhak Santis maintains that Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) associates with radical organizations because they share the same goal: Israels demise.
An ad accusing of Israel of "war crimes" in San Francisco is co-sponsored by an organization whose founder has promoted antisemitic themes, rationalized terrorism, and received a medal of honor from leaders of Hamas.
While some NGOs have condemned the recent series of attacks, others have either remained silent, blamed Israel, or have attempted to create an artificial balance and moral equivalence between terrorists and their victims.
Yitzhak Santis claims that Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) stands unmasked as anything but a voice for peace.
Prof. Gerald Steinberg addresses an emergency session on antisemitism at the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Committee of the Knesset.
As in previous rounds of the Arab-Israeli conflict, political NGOs have issued numerous unfound statements condemning Israel.