The Democratic presidential front-runner pledges to work with the Israel Action Network to counter the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement against Israel.
Jewish groups predicted a rupture with Presbyterians in the wake of a close vote favoring divestment from three companies that deal with Israel’s security forces in the West Bank.
A committee of the Presbyterian Church (USA) passed a resolution endorsing divestment from three U.S. companies that “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands.”