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World Council of Churches Opts Out of BDS Movement


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An activist from the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine-Israel gives a tour to a would-be peacemaker attending a Christ at a Christ at the Checkpoint Conference. (Dexter Van Zile photo.)
Founded in 1948, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is one of the more vocal and prominent nongovernmental organizations operating in the international arena. Serving as the umbrella organization for 350 Protestant and Orthodox churches in more than 110 countries, the WCC works to promote Christian unity aiming to create “one eucharistic fellowship” among all Christians. It’s a laudable goal. ....

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The World Council of Churches Must Come Clean About Support for BDS | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Dexter Van Zile | 9 Adar 5781 – February 21, 2021


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St Thomas The Martyr Church in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (left) recently hosted an event in which a Kairos leader advocated a boycott of Israel.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) had a chance to draw a line in the sand. It had a chance to show the world that it took the plague of antisemitism seriously, and understood that ugly dishonest polemics about Israel undermine the ability of Christians to promote peace in the Holy Land.
The organization also had a chance to come clean and admit that, yes, the WCC has been an ardent and persistent supporter of the BDS campaign that falsely portrays Israel as a singular human rights abuser on the world stage — and in so doing, has fomented a plague of hostility towards Israel and Jews. ....

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The World Council of Churches Must Come Clean About Support for BDS


Despite a collapsing Lebanese economy and considerable political turmoil, Hezbollah continues to threaten Israel. These threats must be taken seriously,.
But instead of engaging in an act of metanoia, the WCC’s leaders in Geneva (and one of its activists in South Africa) hardened their hearts against the truth, and doubled down on the lies they’ve told about events in the Holy Land (and themselves as peacemakers).
With their refusal to confront their mistakes, leaders and staffers at the WCC have demonstrated once again that they see Jewish survival and self-determination as stumbling blocks to Christians who, after all, purport to follow Jesus a Jew himself. ....

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