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Divestments

NIMN endorses the idea of selective divestment from companies that profit from the Occupation.  In tis section, we present the statements on divestment from other groups, both Israeli and non-Israeli.  We present them as our contribution to a broader discussion on the topic.  They do not necessarily represent the views of NIMN, which are articulated in our statement.

Church Statements and Actions on Israel-Palestine

This is a partial, and growing, list of statements and websites of religious organizations that are active in teh search for peace in the Middle East.

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WCC central committee encourages consideration of economic measures for peace in Israel/Palestine

WCC Central Committee

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee reminded the Council's member churches "with investment funds, that they have an opportunity to use those funds responsibly in support of peaceful solutions" to the Israel/Palestine conflict.

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SANCTIONS AGAINST THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION: IT'S TIME

Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

"If apartheid ended, so can the occupation.  But the moral force and international pressure will have to be just as determined.  The current divestment effort is the first, though certainly not the only, necessary move in that direction."
—Bishop Desmond Tutu

You can't have it both ways.  You can't complain about violence on the part of the Palestinians and yet reject effective non-violent measures against the Occupation that support their right to self-determination, such as economic sanctions.  You can't condemn the victims of Occupation for employing terrorism while, by opposing divestment, thereby sheltering the Occupying Power that employs State Terror.  You can't end the isolation and suffering of people living under Occupation while permitting the Occupying Power to carry on its life among the nations unencumbered and normally, by withholding a boycott of its economic and cultural products.

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Not In My Name Supports Selective Divestment as a Tool to Oppose the Israeli Occupation

Not In My Name

Not In My Name is a predominantly Jewish group that was established in 2000 to organize opposition to Israel’s illegal and unjust occupation of the Palestinian territories it seized in 1967.  We continue to add our voices to the growing anti-Occupation movement and make it clear that Israel neither speaks nor acts in the name of all Jews.

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Resolution on Israel and Palestine: End the Occupation Now

Presbyterian Church USA

The question of Palestine, now in its 56th year without resolution, has been the oldest continuing item on the agenda of the United Nations.  From the beginning, the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians has been a subject of concern, prayer and action for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as well as other churches and ecumenical bodies in the region and the world.  The church has shown concern for both the Israelis and the Palestinians.  Our disquiet has been enunciated, as recently as a few months ago, when we protested attacks carried out against the Jews, their synagogues, and other institutions in various parts of the world.  Our voice has been heard repeatedly on behalf of the suffering of the Palestinian people.

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