Episcopalians battle over aid to Israel
A group of prominent Episcopalians is criticizing their church’s stand on Israel, urging it to join 15 other denominations that are calling for an accounting of U.S. aid to Israel.
The public letter released on January 18 notes that leaders of 15 religious groups, including Lutherans, Presbyterians and Methodists, asked Congress to take that step last October and that the “voice of the Episcopal Church is woefully missing.”
The group includes Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an Anglican, and former Episcopal presiding bishop Ed Browning. The group also called on church executives to ensure that financial resources are not being used to support Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
