Primer

courtesy of Stand With Us

Dear Friends of Israel,

YOUR LETTER IS NEEDED NOW.
Please take a few minutes and write a letter to the leadership of the United Church of Christ because they are preparing to have a conference in Atlanta Georgia and decide on whether or not to divest from companies who do business in Israel.

Read the letter below and write your own TODAY ... please. Don't leave this task to someone else... They are meeting the week of JULY 4th, so time is of the essence.

Your letter will be automatically send to six leaders of the United Church of Christ.

Background information:

As Jews who have known discrimination, boycotts and isolation by Christian churches, we ask you to lead the United Church of Christ in rejecting the upcoming General Synod Resolutions 3, 15, and 16.

These resolutions seek to isolate Israel and deprive it of reasonable security measures through proposed church actions including divestment of church funds from companies doing business with Israel.

Why would the United Church of Christ embrace resolutions that penalize one side - Israel - without leveling equally strong criticism against the Palestinian Authority, which for example, has not dismantled Palestinian terrorist groups?

Christian faith is tied to Hebrew Scriptures. Yet through these General Synod resolutions, a small group of anti-Israel activists attempts now to demonize Israel on behalf of the entire UCC denomination. Please keep in mind too that for 57 years Israel has been a safe haven for Arab Christians.

We ask you to lead the General Synod in a strong rejection of the aforementioned and unjust resolutions.

sample letter:

I understand that the United Church of Christ will consider resolutions that will seek to isolate Israel and deprive it of reasonable security measures through proposed church actions including divestment of church funds from companies doing business with Israel.

I hope you will reject these unjust resolutions.

Thank you