The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, voted June 30 to recognize Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide. Two days earlier, the Presbyterian denomination unanimously voted to divest from Palantir Technologies and General Electric Aerospace over technologies used in the war.
The vote at the denomination’s general assembly in Milwaukee passed 454-15 and called for Presbyterians to also lobby Congress for an arms embargo against Israel and to boycott Israeli products that contribute to the war.
Additionally, the American Academy of Religion adopted a Resolution in Solidarity with Gaza on June 23 condemning the Israeli government for the war in Gaza, calling it a genocide. The association of religious studies scholars that boasts 6,000 members worldwide referred to the war at its Annual Business Meeting in Atlanta as a “scholasticide,” or an “intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system.” The motion was approved by 98 percent of members, according to a news release.
