These clips from a behind-closed-doors event reveal who has been training and funding Presbyterians -and other denominations- to fights BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) within their churches.
Ethan Felson of Israel Action Network: “We got involved with all of the churches asking them what was going on and every single one of them was ready to move with divestment. Groups associated with Sabeel had taken over… literally taken over and were the majority in every Middle East Peace and Justice Committee that operated within these churches, and the Presbyterians were the obvious first place to go…”
Mr. Felson speaks about their "theory of action" and how they work within "mostly progressive communities to help THEM shape the right messages and to give them 'the infrastructure' to do the work to counter delegitimization."
Israel Action Network's opaque lobbying and funding is a big reason our road to divestment took 10 years.
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~Reflections on a Palestinian Journey
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Vox Videos on Israel Palestine
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Israeli TV Host tells Israelis they are living with apartheid
Dr. Beth Corrie speaks on Theology Matters
This video emphasizes the importance of theology in United States churches’ support of the State of Israel and suggests several specific ways in which we as Christians must wrestle with scripture and doctrine if we are to support a lasting just peace in Israel-Palestine.
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Is anti-Zionism the new anti-Semitism?
Prof. Noam Chomsky, speaks before 800 people in the Hall of the United Nations General Assembly, in an event hosted by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
At the end of his talk, Prof. Chomsky responds to a final question in the Q&A session posed by an IPMN member. Chomsky is asked "how would you respond to the charge that anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism?"
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IPMN Annual Conference
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Watch Jewish Voices Against the Occupation
7 short video clips of speakers:
Ilan Pappe, Mandy Patinkin, Mark Braverman, Anna Baltzer, Miko Peled, Gideon Levy, Neve Gordon
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Watch Sights & Sounds of the Occupation
8 short video clips
showing the occupation of Palestine
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