Black Churches Rebuke Black Lives Matter By Gary Bauer
Earlier this month, the Black Lives Matter movement released a platform outlining its views on a variety of issues, including the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Among other lies, the BLM plank accused Israel of being “an apartheid state” that was “guilty of genocide.” It urged lawmakers to cut off aid to Israel and recommended nationwide campaigns demanding divestment from Israel.
Incredibly, there was not one word about the relentless terror campaigns waged against Israel by Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and elements of the Palestinian Authority. There was no condemnation of any Middle East regime that denies basic human rights to minorities or prohibits the freedom of religion.
This is raw anti-Semitism plain and simple. As Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote in response, “singling Israel out and falsely accusing it of ‘genocide’ can be explained in no other way than blatant hatred of Jews and their state.”
Now some black churches are speaking up. Kudos to Bishop Lawrence M. Wooten, president of Ecumenical Leadership Council-St. Louis. He published an open letter this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch rebuking the BLM movement.
Bishop Wooten wrote: “The Ecumenical Leadership Council of Missouri, representing hundreds of predominantly African-American churches throughout the state, rejects without hesitation any notion or assertion that Israel operates as an apartheid country. We embrace our Jewish brethren in America and respect Israel as a Jewish state.”
I encourage all our readers, especially those in Missouri where the Black Lives Matter movement has been so active, to contact Bishop Wooten and thank him for standing with Israel.
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