Meeting in its General Convention, the Episcopal Church adopted resolutions which condemn Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian people, call for the President and Congress to oppose punishing active support for nonviolent boycotts, and call for conditioning U.S. military assistance on human rights. In addition, they point to the escalating threats to Christians living in the Holy Land.

“We reject Israel’s apartheid system of laws and legal procedures,” the United Church of Christ stated at its general synod, in a resolution approved by 83 percent of members despite an appeal by the American Jewish Committee that the resolution should mention “Israel’s relentless pursuit of peace for 73 years.”