Principled denominations have brought local congregations into the larger snowball of regional, national, and international churches taking action.

Kathryn ShihadahJuly 30, 2019uscpr, disciples of christ, world communion of reformed churches, mennonite, united church of christ, ucc, united methodist, hp free, boycott, bdsComment

Special Report: Ten US Christian Denominations Now Sanction Israel

Not a fringe movement: more than 80 million church-going Americans belong to congregations that have endorsed sanctions against Israel for its violation of the human rights of Palestinians.

Kathryn ShihadahJuly 21, 2019christianity, boycott, bds, zionism, baptist, church of the united brethren, quakers, afsc, mennonite, presbyterian, catholic, unitarian universalist, united church of christ, united methodist, world communion of reformed churches, episcopal, elcaComment

AFSC (Quakers) among human rights orgs barred from Israel

The ban on entry to Israel for activists who support BDS - including the Quakers - is part of a larger effort by the Israeli government to silence and constrain human rights activists.

Kathryn ShihadahJuly 20, 2019afsc, quakers, boycott, bds, human rightsComment

Church leaders for over 50 million Christians urge “economic pressure” against Israel

This is a call to Christians worldwide to join in support for Palestinians as they did for black South Africans under Apartheid

Kathryn ShihadahMarch 26, 2019apartheid, south africa, national council of churches, progressive national baptist convention, african methodist episcopal zion church, christian methodist episcopal church, lott carey foreign missions, bds, boycottComment

He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 NRSV)