Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The PC(USA) will be having its General Assembly in a couple of weeks at which it will be reconsidering its divestment activities.Just in time, Norman Finkelstein has sent a letter along with, thanks to "[g]enerous financial contributors and activists", a copy of his book, Beyond Chutzpah, to all 700 voting delegates and alternates. A copy of the letter and photos of Finkelstein's envelope stuffers are at Finkelstein's site, here.
Meanwhile, one of the participants in a Presbyterian trip mentioned in the post below (US Presbyterian Leaders Challenge Church's Flawed Divestment Policy), Will Spotts, has posted some of his quite measured thoughts at Bearing Witness and the Truth in Love blog.
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Anything Norman Finkelstein says about Israel, boycotts and divestment is due to his hatred of himself. He is an anti Semitic Jew, who seeks the end of Israel as a Jewish state, and also plays the useful idiot to the Arabs who use him for their own purposes. He is up for tenure at DePaul, and that is very scary