Methodists regarded slavery as sinful, but tolerated it in America in the 1840s, as Harriet Beecher Stowe documented
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
‘Magnes Zionist’ calls on Methodists to do the right thing
Methodists can help free Jews of indoctrination, and alleviate Palestinian suffering
Ending Israel’s occupation is the only way to truly invest in Palestine
Word came down this afternoon that the Methodist divestment resolution will be considered tomorrow in front of the conference plenary. Here, Hedy Epstein explains how divestment is a “strong, humane and prophetic response to the injustice daily faced by the Palestinians.”
Romney beats Obama– to the eulogy anyway
Special relationship in a nutshell: Mitt Romney mourns the death of a foreign prime minister’s father
An account of the Guardian’s racist endorsement of the Balfour Declaration
Between 1917 and 1948 Great Britain more than any other nation helped to lay the diplomatic, governmental, military and economic foundations for Israel. Yet its commitment to the Zionist cause was due to its own imperial interest.
The Methodist Church has many options where to invest its resources — the occupation of Palestine shouldn’t be one of them
A letter to a Methodist Reverend on why he should divestment from the military occupation of Palestine.
Tail has stopped wagging, so dog can stop talking about war with Iran
The New York Times and Atlantic fell for sensationalist cries for attacking Iran
The push for divestment continues as the Methodist General Conference enters its second week
Anna Baltzer and Sydney Levy offer an update on where things stand on the Methodist divestment vote, and what lessons were learned during the first week of the General Conference.
Beinart’s Blindspot: Israel has always been a non-democratic apartheid state
Beinart’s new book to be brave, important, and blinkered all at once. The biggest problem is Beinart’s false, idealized image of pre-1967 Israel as a “flawed, but genuine democracy.” This doesn’t work because even within the green line Israel has always been a non-democratic apartheid state.
John Wesley advises Methodist delegates on divestment
John Wesley’s writing on slavery from 1774 can offer guidance to Methodists considering divesting from the occupation.
The Peacemakers of Palestine and Israel
Most media reports coming from Israel and Palestine focus on the conflict there. The impression you get is that Jews and Palestinians are interested only in making each other suffer. As a Quaker who tries to follow Christ’s call to be a peacemaker, I wanted to see for myself what was happening there in terms of peace-making efforts by ordinary people that often go unnoticed and unreported.
Zahi Khouri to Methodist conference: ‘We don’t need charity; we want freedom to help ourselves’
When United Methodist delegates gather as a plenary to vote on church policies this week, two petitions will be presented that reflect opposing approaches to helping Palestinians.
How Zionists implanted their dream in Einstein
The art of inception is planting a dream in someone else so they think they came up with the idea
A weekend of violence against Palestinian activists that the UN will never get around to condemning
and other news from Today in Palestine: Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Palestinian History Jordan Valley Resident Forcibly Removed from Home JORDAN VALLEY, April 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers forcibly removed on Friday a Palestinian resident of the Jordan Valley to an area behind a military checkpoint that separates the […]
‘When Netanyahu and I look up we see nothing but the sky’ — Deputy Messiah Barak
Ehud Barak has expressed messianism; it’s not just Yuval Diskin diagnosing it
Boots on the ground: Israel wants hikers with guns to visit renamed hilltops in West Bank
Israeli Defense Ministry distributes hiking guides with Palestinian destinations to bereaved families
Obama high-fives Jimmy Kimmel after he calls Netanyahu a warmongering ‘yahoo’
Jimmy Kimmel slams ‘bomb-em’ Netanyahu at White House Correspondents dinner
‘Messianic’ rap on Netanyahu frees Obama, thaws discourse (and exposes ‘No Return’ Goldberg)
Who’s the messianic threat in the Middle East, Iran or Netanyahu? Netanyahu, says former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin
Settlers raise Israeli flag over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque for the first time
Settlers raise Israel’s flag on top of Ibrahimi mosque IMEMC 26 Apr — A group of Israeli settlers raised Israeli flags on top of the fourth holiest site in Islam, the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. This is the first time ever since Hebron fell under Israeli occupation in 1967. […]
Investment in Palestine no substitute for divestment from oppression
On Friday, a United Methodist Church subcommittee voted to amend a call on the church’s Pension Board to divest from three companies that enable the occupation, to instead look for opportunities for Palestinian investment. However, support for divestment was sufficient enough to force a presentation in support of divestment to the full conference sometime next week.
Media ignores eight Palestinian hunger strikers as they near death
Palestinians are railing against Israeli administrative detention, imprisonment without charge, with over 2,000 prisoners currently on hunger strike, two of whom are in critical condition now in their 59th day of strike.
Huge Co-op in UK dumps suppliers linked to Israeli settlements
Palestine human rights campaigners today welcomed news that the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, The Co-operative Group, will “no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements”.
Major olive producing village ordered to uproot 1,400 trees by May 1
Earlier this week, Israel ordered Palestinian farmers in Deir Istiya (pictured above in 2009) to uproot 1,400 trees by the end of the month.
Progressives to Jewish establishment: Ray Kelly doesn’t deserve support
Members of the coalition Jews Against Islamophobia take to the Jewish Week to deliver a searing indictment of Ray Kelly, the NYPD chief.
Denver billboards lead to– hold on to your hat– spirited debate!
Billboards in New Mexico and Colorado have allowed Americans to debate aid to Israel