Fair Witness Interview on
Religion on the Line:
Methodists Reject Divestment

Sr. Ruth Lautt, O.P.
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Fair Witness Applauds United Methodists For Rejecting Divestment

Fair Witness on the Middle East applauds the United Methodist Church for rejecting divestment from companies doing business with the state of Israel. Five annual U.S. Methodist conferences and one independent Methodist organization (Methodist Federation for Social Action) submitted divestment petitions for consideration at the United Methodist General Conference. All were rejected unanimously.

The Churches' Witness
On the Arab Israeli Confict

This is a discussion of the witness of the American Churches with regard to the Arab/Israeli conflict. Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East is concerned that a bias against the state of Israel has emerged within many of the mainstream Christian denominations. This prejudice is reflected in a troubling willingness to lay the blame for the conflict in the Middle East on Israel’s shoulders while saying very little about any culpability the Palestinians or Arab nations might have.