United Methodist Church and Selective Divestment

Read JVP's statement following the United Methodist Church 2008 General Conference: Methodists affirm divestment as option to end Israel's occupation For more information: This year, the United Methodist Church held its General Conference, a meeting that takes place once every four years to make policy decisions for the 11.5 million-member denomination. The conference took place between April 23 and May 2 in Fort Worth, Texas. To learn more about General Conference, click here. The General Conference considered a number of resolutions dealing with divestment from Sudan and the Israeli occupation. Here are some of them:

MFSA Resolution: Promoting Peace through Ethical Investment
General Board of Church and Society Resolution on Divesting from Caterpillar (this resolution has been withdrawn in exchange for dialogue with the corporation. See our statement on CAT and corporate accountability.
Proposed Non-Disciplinary Legislation: Divestment
General Board of Church and Society Resolution on Divesting from Sudan

Read the voting recommendations prepared by the Methodist Federation for Social Action on divestment as a nonviolent means of acting for peace and on other peace in the Middle East resolutions.

For additional resolutions and more information, go to Understanding United Methodist Divestment.

Campaigns

Solidarity with Palestinian Freedom Riders

Sign the petition in solidarity with the Freedom Riders! Stay Connected! Check out these links to hear the latest from the Freedom Riders:

Standing Against Islamophobia

We stand by our Muslim friends and neighbors against anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry.

No More US Vetoes at the UN

It’s time. It’s time, finally, after forty years for the United States to do the right thing for the people of Palestine. Will they? During Wednesday’s United Nations Security Council debate about Palestinian statehood, once again, the United States announced that it would stand in the way of a vote for Palestinian self-determination. This isn’t the first time. Nor the second, or tenth or twentieth time. In fact, it’s the forty-first time.

Young, Jewish, and Proud

Watch the Video of Young Jews "Occupying the Occupiers!"

No More Demolished Villages

Media coverage: Forward: A JNF Drive To Make the Desert Bloom Means Destruction for a Bedouin Village Click here to join our February 18th call-in day to the Jewish National Fund. Media Advisory 18 Israeli and American Jewish groups:

TIAA-CREF: Divest from the occupation

Ask one of the largest financial services in the United States to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.

Israeli Artists Condemn Settlements

When some 60 leading Israeli actors and playwrights signed a letter stating they would refuse to play in the new theatre in Ariel, one of Israel's largest settlements, the attacks from Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel's Minister of Culture and Sport and many others were swift and intense. Over 150 leading Israeli academics and writers- including Amos Oz and David Grossman- came to their defense.

Support human rights advocates

Palestinians who are struggling for their freedom are increasingly joined by Israelis and internationals inspired by the Palestinian model of unarmed resistance to occupation and discrimination. But the Israeli government has responded to this hopeful movement with a brutal crackdown on human rights advocates.

Campus divestment

Students around the country are calling for investor activism to address human rights violations against Palestinians. Download our full statement on BDS.