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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (6281)11/17/2004 12:46:03 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 22250
 
Israeli terrorist threatens American churches:

U.S. Presbyterians warned to change 'anti-Israel' stance

By Shlomo Shamir

NEW YORK - Special safety precautions were taken in Presbyterian churches throughout the United States on Sunday after leaders received threats that churches would be burned by Monday if they did not demand a reversal of what a letter writer called their "anti-Israel" policy.

The Presbyterian church decided in June to divest itself of companies doing business with Israel.

The threats were contained in an anonymous letter received last weekend at the denomination's headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. The letter, postmarked Queens, New York, threatened that in response to the church's "anti-Israel and anti-Jewish" stance, its houses of worship and offices would be set on fire.

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