7.16.2004

Presbyterian Church to Stop Investing in Israel?

I heard only part of this on "Democracy Now" - and have some issues going on here that aren't exactly letting me focus.
 
But the charge seems to be one not totally unheard of: that Israel is behaving towards Palestinians in ways not unlike the apartheid South Africa and it is not ethical to put money there. Of course, Israeli interests are condemning the move.
 
I am both encouraged and saddened by this. Israel as a whole is not, I believe, desirous of doing to the Palestinians what was done to them in the past. There are, however, groups within Israel who do indeed behave in a way that has nasty similarities to Europe in the 30s and 40s and South Africa not very long ago.
 
Israel, like America, is rather caught by the actions of extremists and special interest groups. Many terrible things are being committed because of this. And Israel, like America, must wrench control back to the hands of the good people.