U.K. Quakers to Boycott Companies ‘Profiting From the Occupation’ of West Bank Haaretz, Kislev 13, 5779
The Quakers of Britain announced that the religious movement will no longer invest in companies that “profit from the occupation” of the West Bank.
The Quakers, also known as the Society of Friends, said in their announcement Monday that the decision was made by the church’s trustees in consultation with Meeting for Sufferings – the national representative body of Quakers. It said the Quakers have a long history of “pursuing ethical investments,” noting that it has taken decisions not to invest in the fossil fuel industry, arms companies and South Africa under apartheid.
“Our long history of working for a just peace in Palestine and Israel has opened our eyes to the many injustices and violations of international law arising from the military occupation of Palestine by the Israeli government,” Paul Parker, recording clerk for the Quakers in Britain, said in the statement. “With the occupation now in its 51st year, and with no end in near sight, we believe we have a moral duty to state publicly that we will not invest in any company profiting from the occupation.”
He also wrote: “As Quakers, we seek to live out our faith through everyday actions, including the choices we make about where to put our money. We believe strongly in the power of legitimate, nonviolent, democratic tools such as morally responsible investment to realize positive change in the world. We want to make sure our money and energies are instead put into places which support our commitments to peace, equality and justice.”
The religious organization said its portfolio does not hold investments in any company working in the West Bank.
The Meeting for Sufferings also reaffirmed a 2011 decision to boycott goods produced in Israeli settlements.
Plenty of reading and thinking and coffee going on here thanks. I simply have no interest for your anti-Semitic mewlings.
Morrissey
You’re ignorant, so I’m not addressing you directly. However, there are some people of good faith and serious mind who visit this site, and they know perfectly well that criticism of the outlaw state of Israel’s massive criminality is not anti-Semitic in any way whatsoever.
You keep on sleeping, krazykiwi, and please don’t try to write anything in response to this. You’re just an embarrassment to yourself, and no doubt to your family.
Read more , and this response from British Jewry is spot on …..
““The appalling decision of the Friends House hierarchy to divest from just one country in the world – the only Jewish state – despite everything else going on around the globe, shows the dangers of the obsessive and tunnel-visioned approach that a narrow clique of church officials have taken in recent years,” the board’s president, Marie van der Zyl, said in a statement.”
Will the Qackers divest from China which is running a concentration camp regime against the Uighurs ? The Russians , Turks, Qataris , Iranians, Iraqis , for supporting Assad.
Egypt for its oppression of Copts.
Saudi for Yemen.
The British , French , Americans, Canadians, Germans etc for destabalising Libya and turning it into a failed state .
Etc
Etc.
Oh to be so virtuous.
krazykiwi
Virtue signalling doesn’t require consistency because the intended audience is both uncritical and tribal.
Jack5
Morrissey, you know that Richard Nixon was a Quaker?
Morrissey
Yes, Jack, and Tony Bliar called himself a Christian. As did his partner in mass murder, George W. Bush. As did another mass murderer, William J. Clinton.
The Quakers believe in social justice; Nixon did not—he was a rogue, or unrepresentative, Quaker. That doesn’t invalidate the rest of them.
He has a much greater demonstrated range of opinions than appears to emanate from you.
The issue of my post was the missing background revelation that about the active oil operation and exploration there. Huge prospects?
Reading someone does not make anyone their advocate or disciple but only indicates willingness to consider other views. That latter willingness is sadly not tolerated in some “liberal” sections of society.
Morrissey
Haaretz, Kislev 13, 5779
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/u-k-quakers-to-boycott-companies-profiting-from-the-occupation-of-west-bank-1.6675031
krazykiwi
Morrissey
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kowtow
The Russians , Turks, Qataris , Iranians, Iraqis , for supporting Assad.
krazykiwi
Jack5
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Inandout
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KevOB
F. William Engdahl has a free-ranging inquiring mind. Hunt Oil is involved in Yemen.
stephieboy
KevOB
about the active oil operation and exploration there. Huge prospects?