“The UMC rejection of divestment is recognition that such punitive measures aimed at harming Israel do not in any way advance the cause of peace,” said Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC’s director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations, who attended the conference. “The only true path to peace and security for both Palestinians and Israelis is a return to direct negotiations for a two-state solution.”

However, AJC remains disappointed that the Church approved a separate resolution endorsing boycotts. 

Calling the boycott resolution “problematic,” Marans said “to truly foster reconciliation and hope requires the rejection of one-sided judgments. We are ready to invest in peace, together with Methodists and all Christians who seek to understand the aspirations for peace of both Israelis and Palestinians.”

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