[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Retrograde. Offensive. Anti-semitic.

Fri Jun 13 09:47:42 EDT 2014

> Next week, the Presbyterian Church is going to take up that exact 
> question: /should they divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and 
> Motorola Solutions – three companies that all profit from the Israeli 
> occupation?/
The Presbyterian Church is a Business, not an gathering of believers.

What they provide primarily is entertainment, albeit that of
a sort of masochistic variety.

Why not pursue HP?

On 06/13/2014 07:51 PM, David Johnson via Peace-discuss wrote:
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> Subject: 	Retrograde. Offensive. Anti-semitic.
> Date: 	Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:10:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: 	Stefanie Fox, Jewish Voice for Peace 
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>       The Israel Lobby has launched an all-out smear campaign against
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> Destroying more than 18,000 homes since 1967. Developing biometric ID 
> cards that segregate people by ethnicity and religion. Selling 
> surveillance systems to protect illegal settlements throughout the 
> West Bank.
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> */Sound like corporations you’d want to invest in?/*
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> Probably not.
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> Next week, the Presbyterian Church is going to take up that exact 
> question: /should they divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and 
> Motorola Solutions – three companies that all profit from the Israeli 
> occupation?/
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> *So please: show Presbyterian activists ready for real change you're 
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> We all know the Israel Lobby has a way of making people of conscience 
> feel real lonely standing up.
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> And the Presbyterian Church is coming under intense pressure from the 
> Lobby to say “no” to divestment. Supporters of this non-violent, 
> time-honored tactic are being labeled “Retrograde.” “Demonizing.” 
> “Offensive.” And, of course, “anti-semitic.”
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> /But think about it for a moment – what are they’re really saying 
> beneath those buzzwords? To pro-actively invest in occupation./
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> It’s cynical, but sadly, effective.
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> *A**nd the most helpful thing we can do – our obligation, even – is to 
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