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Protestant Churches Finding Balance on Israel
(New York Jewish Week) Steve Lipman - Both the Presbyterian Church USA and the Episcopal Church this summer supported moderate Middle East resolutions, offering a balance to ones in favor of the BDS movement, said Ethan Felson, executive director of the Israel Action Network (IAM), created by the Jewish Federations of North America in partnership with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. "The Presbyterian Church overwhelmingly adopted a helpful stance favoring people-to-people programs between Israelis and Palestinians - and did so over the strong objections of BDS groups which oppose these reconciliation efforts," Felson said. "The Episcopal Church thankfully rejected divestment again." The moderate resolutions reflect a reservoir of good will towards Israel that often characterizes Jewish-Protestant relations at the local level, Felson said.