Israeli Foreign Ministry slams US church boycott as 'immoral'

Spokesperson says United Church of Christ move to divest from companies operating in West Bank is ‘demonization’ of Israel

ed note–again, at the risk of repeating the same thing over and over, we must understand the Judaic mindset in order to understand exactly what is being said.

It is well-known that when Jews get their underwear in a knot they make sure to be as theatrical as possible in their reactions. The gospels make clear what they did with Jesus and His various statements–they picked up stones to throw at him, tried to run him over a cliff to His death, and then, at his mock ‘trial’, after giving his answers to their questions, really poured on the moxie by rending their robes, screeching, gnashing their teeth, etc.

And certainly, their various reactions on the political scene today viz a viz anything dealing with Israel is no exception. Not a day goes by involving some ‘evil’ they have imagined has befallen them where they aren’t putting a magnifying glass to a tiny Gecko lizard and making the claim that it is Godzilla, or, in reverse, when it is some evil they have done such as murdering some Palestinian child, using the opposite lens in making Godzilla look like a tiny Gecko lizard.

Nevertheless, what we Gentiles must understand is that there is some method to Jewish madness, and we are being literal here when we say madness, because clearly this is what Judaism in all its forms is and what it inevitably produces in those afflicted with it.

When the Israeli Foreign Ministry says the boycott on the part of the United Church of Christ is ‘immoral’, they are saying so for Judaic religious reasons as laid out within the teachings of Judaism,  just a few of which are reprinted below–

‘Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you…Your gates will always stand open, day and night, so that the Gentiles may bring you the wealth of their nations, and their kings led in triumphal procession…For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.’–Isaiah 60:10-12

‘When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he will give you a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant’.–Book of Deuteronomy

Clearly, the idea that these 2 (out of hundreds of similar) religious passages convey is that non-Jews are here to serve the Jews and that it is not a matter of choice for them, given that the Judaic god Yahweh commands it. More specifically, in the passage from Deuteronomy, clearly the god of the Jews is saying that they are free to do whatever leads to their enrichment viz a viz the property and possessions of the indigenous people living in the ‘promised land’, in that they will be given a land with ‘large, flourishing cities’ they did not build, ‘houses filled with all kinds of good things’ they did not provide (earn) , ‘wells’ they did not dig, and ‘vineyards and olive groves’ they did not plant.

Therefore, in the Judaically-intoxicated mind, given the fact that the Jewish god GAVE all of this to his ‘chosen people’, therefore any reaction against it is considered contradictory to the statements of Yahweh, and therefore ‘immoral’.

Do we understand a little better now why the world–firmly in the grips of these people and their insane ideology–is in the shape it is in presently?

Times of Israel

Israel challenged the morality of a decision by a US church to divest from companies that operate in the West Bank Tuesday, saying the Christian congregants would be better off helping to restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians instead of helping the ‘demonization’ of the Jewish State.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said the United Church of Christ’s policies have “reflected the most radical politics for more than a decade and in no way reflect a moral stance or reality-based position.”

In 2005, the denomination passed a resolution calling for “economic leverage” to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and had accused Israel of widespread human rights abuses against the Palestinians.

The US-based church’s General Synod endorsed the action on a vote of 508-124 with 38 abstentions during its meeting in Cleveland. The liberal Protestant group has its roots in churches founded by the English Pilgrims and Puritans as well as later immigrants from Germany and other countries.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Emanuel Nachshon, September 1, 2014. Yonatan (Sindel/Flash90)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Emanuel Nachshon, September 1, 2014. Yonatan (Sindel/Flash90)

“People of faith ought to be acting to help Israel and the Palestinians to renew efforts to achieve peace, rather than endlessly demonizing one party in the conflict — in our view, the aggrieved party,” Nahshon said following the vote.

The UCC resolution urged the divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, security contractor G4S and Veolia Environment, which it said “have been found to profit from the occupation of the Palestinian territories by the state of Israel.”

The church also called to boycott Israeli companies operating in the West Bank, including Ahava skin care products, SodaStream and Hadiklaim dates.

The American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group based in New York, slammed the resolutions and said the action would “bolster those who oppose peace.”

Separately, the Episcopal Church, meeting in Salt Lake City, was considering a divestment resolution. And at another meeting this week, the Mennonite Church USA will also take up a divestment proposal.

The votes take place as the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, known as BDS, gains strength on US college campuses and in many places in Europe. The Israeli government and many Jewish leaders have condemned the movement as anti-Semitic and an attempt to delegitimize Israel.

Peter Makari of Global Ministries, an agency that is part of the United Church of Christ, said the United Church of Christ vote was not “a blanket endorsement” of BDS, “but it’s in the spirit of the call.”

A Palestinian woman works at SodaStream’s plant in Mishor Adumim, February 2, 2014 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
A Palestinian woman works at SodaStream’s plant in Mishor Adumim, February 2, 2014 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

The denomination also voted on whether to label Israeli policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as “apartheid” but that proposition failed to win the two-thirds majority it need to be approved.

Last year, the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted to sell stock in a few companies whose products are used by Israel in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The United Church of Christ resolution was broader, with delegates calling on the denomination’s financial arms to sell off stock in any company profiting from what the church called human rights violations arising from the occupation.

The church’s two major financial arms, a pension board and investment fund, together control nearly $4 billion. Each is guided by directors who can decide whether to follow the call for divestment. If they do sell off stock, the economic impact on Israel is expected to be negligible.

Still, the vote aims to bring moral pressure for change from within the US, Israel’s closest and most important ally.

Makari said the resolutions “reflect our urgent concern for the worsening effects of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian people and lives, including the disparity in rights and power.” The church affirmed Israel’s right to exist, along with a “sovereign, independent” Palestinian state.