IJV supports United Church members' right to make their own decision on boycott, free from threats
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Publisher: Independent Jewish Voices
Date Written: 04/07/2012
Year Published: 2012
Resource Type: Article
Jewish group stakes out position supporting United Church committee's call for action against illegal Israeli settlements in the form of boycott campaign, rejects pressure on Church from senators, pro-Israel lobbyists.
Abstract: Group condemns pressure from Canadian senators, pro-Israel lobbyists
"Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) strongly condemns the attempt by politicians and lobbyists acting on behalf of the Israeli government to prevent members of the United Church of Canada from taking the kind of action they deem appropriate to bring this decades-old crisis to an end," said IJV spokesperson Sid Shniad, speaking from Vancouver.
He was referring to a warning from a group of nine senators that the Church ...
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