PCUSA cuts controversial booklet from its website
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has removed from its website a booklet that many Jewish groups have criticized as hostile to Israel and denigrating to Judaism.
Zionism Unsettled, published in January by the church-chartered Israel/Palestine Mission Network, is a history and commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that paints Israel as the aggressor and describes Zionism as inherently racist and theologically flawed.
The booklet played a role in the denomination’s debate in June on divesting from three American companies that divestment proponents say benefit from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
