Presbyterians For Middle East Peace

"When there are efforts to boycott or divest from Israel, we will stand against them. And whenever an effort is made to de-legitimize the state of Israel, my Administration has opposed them."

                                                                        President Barack Obama,  March, 2012

 As we approached the 220^th Presbyterian General Assembly in Pittsburgh this July, we had four major goals:

1.That the Assembly would embrace a role as peacemakers, not as advocates for one people consumed by condemnation of the other.

2.That the Assembly would act in a manner that advances peace with a credible voice.

3. That a clear and consistent policy message would be developed and accurately communicated.

4.That our peacemaking efforts would not damage Jewish-PCUSA relations at the local congregational level.

The policy embraced by the Assembly, which stressed positive investment, dialogue, and reconciliation, represented substantial and encouraging progress toward those goals.

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Much of the material presented on Israel/Palestine comes from advocates of either Palestinian or Israeli narratives. PFMEP Fact Check is a new web page dedicated to addressing the accuracy and completeness of facts presented, and assertions made by, various parties to the debate.  

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