Christian Issues
Presbyterian (PCUSA) Leaders Should Be Urged to Reject Divestment
From June 15 through June 22, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), a Protestant denomination with approximately 2.3 million members, will pass judgment on the defense policies of Israel as it defends itself from terror attacks from the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority. The leadership of the PCUSA should consider more than just the Palestinian perspective, to acknowledge the 58-year history of Arab rejectionism toward the State of Israel, and to vote to rescind the unfair and counterproductive selective divestment initiative begun in 2004.
Novak’s Follow Up Column on Palestinian Christians as Flawed as the Original
False Premises, Repeated Errors in Robert Novak Column on Christian Arabs
Christian Century Magazine Allows Wall Error
Hastings’ Mideast Expert Wrong on U.S. Aid
Chicago Tribune Public Editor Lauds Sabeel
AP Reports on Arson Attacks by Muslims Against Palestinian Christians
Religious Tension and Shooting–But Little Press–in Bethlehem
New York Times Omits Major Reason Christians are Leaving Bethlehem
A New York Times report on the exodus of Christians from Bethlehem omitted a major reason for this demographic change – official and unofficial Muslim discrimination against Arab Christians, amid a rising tide of Islamism in the Palestinian territories.