From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Tom Wallace | The Electronic Intifada | 16 November 2004 Tension and apprehension filled the air in the Boston suburb of Somerville, Massachusetts on the night of Monday November 8, 2004. The Somerville Board of Aldermen held a public meeting to consider a non-binding resolution to divest from Israel bonds and from companies who profit from the human rights abuses carried out by Israel against Palestinian people.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Shlomo Shamir | Ha'aretz | 15/11/2004 NEW YORK - Special safety precautions were taken in Presbyterian churches throughout the United States on Sunday after leaders received threats that churches would be burned by Monday if they did not demand a reversal of what a letter writer called their "anti-Israel" policy. The Presbyterian church decided in June to divest itself of companies doing business with Israel.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Anglican Church | qumsiyeh.org | 22 September 2004 We, as members of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network, representing 23 Provinces of the worldwide 75,000,000 member Anglican Communion, have visited the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem over these last 8 days, and during that time have been inspired by the faith of the people in the diocese, while also being exposed to the draconian conditions of the continuing Occupation under which so many Palestinians live.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Associated Press | 13 November 2004 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Presbyterian Church (USA) has stepped up security at its headquarters and advised its churches to be on alert after receiving a letter threatening arson attacks because of its policies in the Middle East. The handwritten letter, received Wednesday at the church's Louisville headquarters, threatened to set churches on fire while people were inside in retaliation for "
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Scoop | 28 October 2004 Christian Peace Group Supports Divestment from Israel The 10th anniversary assembly of Pax Christi Aotearoa-New Zealand, held in Auckland on 1-2 October, endorsed the Anglican Peace and Justice Networks and Presbyterian Church of the United States in their recent call for divestment in Israel modelled on the popular boycott of apartheid South Africa. “We are constantly reminded by the current President of Pax Christi International, Michel Sabbah, who is also Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, of the suffering of his Palestinian people”, said Kevin McBride, national coordinator of Pax Christi Aotearoa-NZ.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Daniel Trieman | Beliefnet.com Will new church moves toward stopping investment in companies that do business in Israel endanger Christian-Jewish relations? When the Presbyterian Church (USA), the nation's major Presbyterian body, decided this summer to move toward cutting off investments in select companies that do business with Israel, Jewish groups were caught off guard. They were outraged that divestment, a tactic utilized against apartheid South Africa, was now being advocated by a major American Protestant denomination as a means of pressuring the Jewish state.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Sarah Cassidy | The Independent | 23 April 2005 University lecturers have voted to boycott two of Israel's eight universities over their alleged complicity with Israeli persecution of Palestinians. The Association of University Teachers voted to sever links with Haifa University and Bar Ilan University, accusing them of colluding in a system of "apartheid" that victimised Palestinians and anyone who opposed the Israeli state. There were cheers as the two motions were passed.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Polly Curtis and Matthew Taylor, and Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv | The Guardian | 23 April 2005 A leading union voted yesterday to boycott two Israeli universities which it accused of being complicit in the abuse of Palestinians in the occupied territories. The Association of University Teachers voted to sever links with Haifa and Bar-Ilan universities, and said it would consider boycotting a third.
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) David Aaronovitch | The Observer | 24 April 2005 Last Friday saw two examples of intelligent people behaving in a futile way. The first was the decision by the US Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, to seek the death penalty for would-be suicide terrorist, Zacharias Moussaoui. Not only does such a sentence confer on Moussaoui precisely the heroic end that he was seeking (did Gonzales never read Brer Rabbit?
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Sarah Cassidy | The Independent | 22 April 2005 Lecturers from Britain's leading universities will cast their votes today in a poll that threatens to split the academic world. They will vote whether to boycott three Israeli universities because of their alleged backing of government action in the occupied Palestinian territories. Union delegates will also decide whether to circulate a call from Palestinian academics and intellectuals for a blanket boycott of all Israeli academics unless they condemn the Israeli government's treatment of the Palestinians.