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Episcopal View on Mideast Conflict an Improvement, Jewish Groups Say
(JTA) Months after the U.S. Presbyterian Church voted to drop its holdings in Israel, the Episcopal Church's governing board has decided on a different response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that Jewish officials hail as more balanced. The board voted to look into the church's corporate investments and take appropriate action with "companies that contribute to the infrastructure of Israel's ongoing occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip" - as well as "companies that have connections to organizations responsible for violence against Israel." Jewish groups still take issue with the fact that the Episcopal Church singled out one particular conflict among many in the world.