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Anti-Semitic Rant Passes Without Challenge at Methodist Convention

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What, me worry?5/03/2012 1:44:33 pm PDT

It’s not a win for Israel, actually. It’s a mixed bag. The Evangelists are the only ones who are tried and true, however, they have ulterior religious motives, so as a Jew, it’s hard to be happy.

nytimes.com

After an afternoon of impassioned debate and several votes, the delegates overwhelmingly passed a more neutral resolution calling for “positive” investment to encourage economic development “in Palestine.”

However, the Methodists also passed a strongly worded resolution denouncing the Israeli occupation and the settlements, and calling for “all nations to prohibit the import of products made by companies in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.”