The Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA), led by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, has nixed three resolutions advocating boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) in non-violent protest of the Israeli occupation. The vote followed opposition from Archbishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem to adopting BDS because he fears reprisal from the Israeli authorities in threatening his travel and residence in Jerusalem.
James Michie writes the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori to ask her to support six resolutions relating to Israel and Palestine at the upcoming 78th General Convention later this month.
Even as Sen. Ben Cardin spearheads legislation to subvert Obama’s deal with Iran, he and colleagues ignore Israel’s 30-year defiance of nuclear nonproliferation and oversight