Members of a Presbyterian Church committee hope that altering a policy on Israel divestment will quell two years of controversy.Would that be real anti-divestment activists or Presbyterian anti-divestment activists?
It appears they may have succeeded.
The new call for “corporate engagement” extends to companies involved in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem and posits the will for a balanced approach to peacemaking efforts between Israel and the Palestinian Authority . . .
[T]he 60-member committee crafted a new resolution Saturday night on Israel divestment that will come before the General Assembly for a vote on Wednesday.
The tenets of the resolution include:
• calling on the church to restrict its investments that relate to Israel, Gaza, eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank to peaceful pursuits;
• regretting the pain caused to the Jewish community and within the Presbyterian community for flaws in the resolution’s initial process;
• urging peaceful cooperation among Israelis, Americans and Palestinians, and Jews, Muslims and Christians;
• calling for dismantling Israel’s security barrier beyond its pre-1967 borders;
• and aiming to submit these proposals to U.S., Israeli and Palestinian politicians and religious leaders.
While the new resolution does not rescind divestment, anti-divestment activists are pleased with the new language.
Update: Power Line has an over-optimistic post about this. Normblog also echoes the JTA view. I wish someone would explain to me how singling Israel out for a "peaceful pursuit" rule does not amount to divestment.
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