7-4-2016 As Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues his controversial crusade against BDS, church voices defend the movement - David Palumbo-Liu Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/04/we_have_a_right_to_engage_in_non_violent_action_christian_leaders_refuse_to_be_silenced_in_struggle_for_palestinian_rights/

 

As is well-known by now, the unilateral decision of New York governor Andrew Cuomo to create a blacklist of businesses and organizations abiding by divestment and boycott campaigns related to Israeli human rights abuses has drawn widespread criticism for both its high-handedness and for its violation of constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.  As might be expected, the response from civil liberties groups and groups advocating for Palestinian rights was swift and pointed.   However, opposition also took the form of a letter drafted by the Reverend David Gaewski, New York Conference Minister, writing on behalf of the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ, a judicatory with 260 churches in the state of New York…

Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

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