At its annual assembly in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved in business with the Israeli military, citing human rights abuses carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. The measure will now go to the full Assembly for a vote on Thursday.
After having voted down a similar resolution last year, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church tasked its Middle East Committee with researching the alleged human rights abuses. The Committee's report details numerous, documented cases of severe human rights abuses against the Palestinian civilian population by the Israeli military, using equipment supplied by the three companies in question: Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola. more
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