A group of US Presbyterians has ended a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by calling on the church to reverse a policy of divestment from companies seen as supporting Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

 

A group of US Presbyterians has ended a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by calling on the church to reverse a policy of divestment from companies seen as supporting Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. “It is now time to put aside this one-sided, negative and counter-productive policy that threatens to cause great harm to both Israel and the Palestinians while creating unnecessary polarisation within our own denomination,” said Pastor John H. Cushman, one of the visiting Presbyterians. Cushman is a member of the executive committee of the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, which says it acts as an advocate for Israel and is committed to its security and well-being, and which organised the trip.