A Presbyterian committee accused five companies Friday of contributing to "ongoing violence that plagues Israel and Palestine" and pledged to use the church's multimillion-dollar stock holdings in the businesses to pressure them to stop.
The companies? Caterpillar Inc.; Citigroup; ITT Industries Inc.; Motorola Inc.; and United Technologies Corp.
Four of the five companies supposedly “support” Israeli violence:
The Presbyterians accused all except Citigroup of selling products such as night-vision equipment, wireless communications and helicopters that the Israeli military uses to hurt Palestinians and bolster control of the territories.
The Lutherans take Citigroup to task for supposedly handling money finding its way into “Mideast terrorist groups”
To demonstrate equal abhorrence of violence against Israelis, the panel accused Citigroup of being part of a conduit for funds used to support Mideast terrorist groups.
I can hardly fault the companies here for providing Israel means for defense. What next, complaints against these same companies who provide equipment to U.S. Forces?
It is blatant anti-Semitism, making it’s way from Europe’s “intelligentsia” into U.S. liberal institutions. These clergymen see Israel as “THE problem” in the Middle East. If only they would go away peace would break out all over…
It is laughable that they threw in Citigroup in an attempt to “inoculate” themselves from being cast as anti-Jewish. It just doesn’t fly. First, I don’t believe Citigroup knowing passes money to terrorist organizations; I doubt many terrorists list that occupation when signing up for a credit card. Second, I don’t see how the Presbyterians would have the inside scoop on a Citigroup/terrorism link. I surmise they threw in Citigroup at the last minute when one of the brighter persons of the cloth realized how one-sided their attack was. Unfortunately for them, it is still pretty transparent.
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