(New York Post) Editorial - The World Council of Churches, taking a cue from the U.S. Presbyterian Church, has urged its member congregations to strongly consider divesting from companies that it says profit from Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza. Talk about a bizarre sense of timing - doesn't anyone at the Geneva-based group read the newspapers? The WCC call, which is modeled on the economic-pressure campaign against apartheid South Africa, comes as Israelis and Palestinians are enjoying the brightest hope in years for a genuine breakthrough for peace. Of course, the notion that Israel is politically comparable to the apartheid regime of South Africa is absurd: Where no blacks served in the South African parliament or sat on the Supreme Court, Arabs do both in Israel. The World Council of Churches' embarrassing effort to meddle is not just counter-productive, but downright dangerous.
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