Thursday, April 3, 2008
I'm alerted to an interesting web site aimed at pushing the UMC toward divesting from Israel: Understanding United Methodist Divestment. The usual mantra that the Mainliners who support divestment adopt is that they're only after an end to the "occupation," and not against Israel per se. Yet this web site that purports to be about educating on the issue carries two particularly disgraceful pages that belie this limited motivation. In an attempt to show that they actually have Jewish support, they provide two pages of Jewish fig leaf: Letters of support from Holocaust Survivors and Israelis and Statements of Support from Jewish Groups [PDF].
The first starts with a letter of support from someone named Suzanne Weiss -- apparently Jewish owing to issues of last name -- who appears to be the same Suzanne Weiss who wrote this article in support of Hugo Chavez:
...The referendum's outcome is a serious setback. But the resolute response of President Chávez, plus the vigor and determination of the Bolivarian ranks, provide good reason to believe that the revolution will resume its forward march.
...and someone named Abraham Weizfeld who has an article on the Naturei Kartei web site entitled, Not All Jews are Zionists. 'Nuff said. Ronnie Kasrils, the viciously anti-Israel South African minister, is also held out in defense of the UMC against the bad Jews.
The ranks of Jewish organizations in support include groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and ICAHD, and anti-Zionists with Jewish last names like Ilane Pappe and Norman Finkelstein. If the UMC wants to be taken seriously, it would be well advised to stop its medieval habit of hiding behind so-called Jewish opinion and letting its arguments stand on the merits. The opinions of those it holds out in its defense betray the UMC's true motivations. Is that what they really want?
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I am saddened to hear that the United Methodist Church is punishing Israel. I used to attend a Methodist Church. I saw no sign of it then.
It is written in the scriptures: God said I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.
I know that the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob is still the same today and forever. The God that I love.
I also know that Israel(the Jewish) are God's people and that will never change. I love and respect the people of Israel.
My prayers are with you.
Sincerely yours,
Hazel
here we go again with this so call christian organizations that has fall away from the true christianity remember in the past we had so called christian org. that has gone astray or leaders among them for ex. the lutheran church had layman working in hitlers s s, they aproved the extermination of inocent lives ;martin luther was a great reformer and i had my respect for him but there was a darkness in his heart, he spoke hatefull words against the jewish people before he died. how can people get so deceive is nothing more than demonic philosophies inside those org. so long ago jesus took his canddle stick away from them thats not a church anymore thats a social club
My, My what foolish things have theese people that call themseleves Christians done this time? (United Methodist Church). Have they not the brains to know that Jesus himself was a jew? Or have they went whoring after the philosophies of man again? Its no small wonder that the christian bible speaks of the moden church as the whore of the earth in the end times!
ISRAEL belongs to GOD..Let her alone. If she is ever wrong GOD will do the judging. Everyone else just needs to love her and support her.
I really believe GOD will severely judge everyone who seeks to harm ISRAEL in any way. GOD will always protect her.
If we want GOD's blessings we need to bless ISRAEL. The world must PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. Not judge her.
I am a Methodist and am appalled at this stance. The roots of Christianity, as Paul teaches, are from the Jewish root.
May God continue to bless Israel.
Thankfully, the UMC boycott will not materialize as originally envisaged. However, there is still some unfinished business to take care of.
A number of disloyal communist Jews, such as Suzanne Weiss of Toronto, try to speak on behalf of the Jewish community by supporting boycotts of Israel. We, in the Jewish community, must loudly reply: You do not speak in our name!