{"id":4088,"date":"2012-10-10T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:00:40","slug":"epalestine-american-christians-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2012\/10\/epalestine-american-christians-take\/","title":{"rendered":"American Christians take note&#8230;when you hear &#8216;never again,&#8217; make sure the person really means it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\" font-size:14pt\"><strong>Religious leaders ask Congress to condition Israel military  aid on human rights compliance&#160;<\/strong><\/span><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\" font-size:14pt\"><strong><br \/>\n  <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">PC(USA)&rsquo;s Parsons, others see &lsquo;troubling,consistent pattern of disregard&rsquo; by Israel  government for U.S. policies&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">October 5, 2012&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\"><strong><em>Accordingly, we urge an immediate investigation into possible violations by Israel of  the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act which  respectively prohibit assistance to any country which engages in a consistent pattern  of human rights violations and limit the use of U.S. weapons to &ldquo;internal security&rdquo; or  &ldquo;legitimate self-defense.&rdquo;&#160; <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/news\/2012\/10\/5\/religious-leaders-ask-congress-condition-israel-mi\/\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\">  <span style=\" font-size:10pt\"><u>http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/news\/2012\/10\/5\/religious-leaders-ask-congress-condition-israel-mi\/<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">With this, I&#8217;m reminded of a 1998 article that every Christian should read:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"><span style=\" font-size:14pt\"><strong>What Christians Don&rsquo;t Know About Israel&#160; <\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">By Grace Halsell&#160;&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"4\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">Note: This article was written in 1998 by the late Grace Halsell. Sadly it remains relevant  today.&#160; <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article32697.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#0000ff\">  <span style=\" font-size:12pt\"><u>http:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article32697.htm<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">ePalestine Blog:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.com\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\"><u>http:\/\/www.epalestine.com<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">Everything about this list:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine\"><font face=\"Arial\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">  <u>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/u><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">To subscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\" font-size:10pt\">epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious leaders ask Congress to condition Israel military aid on human rights compliance&#160; 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