Quakers Divest from Israel

Hold the presses! The Quakers are divesting from firms doing business with Israel. Maybe the famed smile of the Quaker Oats Man should now turn to a frown. Specifically the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) is divesting from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Veolia Environment. Ostensibly HP was guilty of providing technology consulting to the Israeli Navy, while Veolia was convicted for “environmental and social concerns.”

Naturally, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation gushed that it was “thrilled” that FFC was the “first U.S. national fund” to divest from those firms in reaction to demands from “Palestinian rights advocates.”

“Thrilled,” no doubt. Anti-Israel divestment advocacy has largely been a dud in the U.S. Just this Summer, three major denominations rejected divestment, though the Episcopalians, Presbyterians and United Methodists are all governed by elites who routinely condemn Israel (but not its foes). There are only about 80,000 Quakers in North America. Their spokespersons are heatedly anti-Israel. Quakers are traditionally pacifist of course. But Quaker ire does not typically focus on Hamas or Hezbollah terror, nor on the violent threats of Israel’s neighbors.

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams

I hope that they realize that God will not bless those who don't bless Israel.
- Wesley
  
  God would bless those who bless Abraham. blessing the political state of Israel does not constitute blessing Abraham. the Palestinians are descendents of Abraham and Isaac through Esau. the Arabs are also descendents of Abraham through Abraham's other sons mainly Ishmael. St. John the Baptist tells the pharisees that do not say their father is Abraham for God can makes descendents of Abraham from the stones if he wanted to. St. Paul tells us the true descendents of Abraham are the redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. we should bless the Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews who are caught in the crossfire of this conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis. i hope you actually read the entire article for Veolia was adding insult to injury by plainly showing favoritism to the Israelis by giving the Palestinians the Israelis waste. the Quakers being pacifists did not want to take sides in this conflict.
  - Connie
    
    What you are not taking into account is this…. Ishmael's linage will not be blessed as he is from the wrong Mother, Hagar. The blessings will go to Isaac's side because it was the right Mother, Sarah! Ask any Bible believing, preaching Pastor or Bible Scholar. You have to study more!!!
    - Wesley
      
      the pharisees were Jews and both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ reserved their fiercest condemnation for them. not all blood descendents of Abraham are truly descendents of Abraham. God has just only one people and that is those who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, the church. when people curse the church of Jesus Christ they are cursing true descendents of Abraham and that includes even the Jews who curse the church are cursed.
    - Bighoss
      
      Silly stuff, Connie. With the death of Christ, the offer of redemption was extended to all man–Jews and Gentiles, Ishmaelites and the descendants of Abraham through Isaac. ALL! EVERYONE who obeys the gospel of out Lord Jesus Christ.
      
      The greatest blessing anyone can receive is eternal salvation and descendants of Ishmael have not been cut off from that blessing.
      
      It is YOU who need to study more.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams
    
    I don't know where you get your theology, but it certainly is NOT from God's Holy Word, the Bible. The Bible makes it VERY CLEAR that God will bless Abraham's seed through Isaac, Jacob, etc. Therefore, God blesses those who bless Israel.
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=58215905 Wesley Woods
      
      my theology comes straight out of the New Testament which teaches that God has only one chosen people and they are those redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. St. Paul is the most specific about there being only one people of God. check out the following scriptures for yourself and leave the shadowlands of the Old Testament. Romans 2:28-29, Romans 9:6-8, Colossians 3:11-12, Ephesians 2:11-16, Ephesians 3:4-6 also read Hebrews where it tells how Christs followers can never return to the shadows of the Old Testaments. the Old Testament is full of types and shadows pointing us to Christ and should be read in the light of Jesus Christ. the New Testament needs to be read knowing the types of shadows that are fulfilled in Jesus Christ and his Church.
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams
        
        Oh, so you're one of those replacement theology kooks.
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=58215905 Wesley Woods
        
        i am not trying to replace Jesus Christ with a return to the shadowlands. i cannot help that you follow those who at as though Hebrews does not exist in the New Testament. Jesus Christ is King of Kings yesterday, today, and forevermore. He is now conquering the His enemies and will continue until He destroys the last enemy death with the resurrection of all mankind for the final judgment.
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004047180339 John Adams
        
        The Church has NOT replaced Israel, as your post seems to suggest. God's promises to Israel are still valid for Israel.
Evermyrtle

evidently these. people do not use the WORD OF GOD in their churches. It speaks many times of GOD'S people the people of Israel. JESUS was a Jew, have they thrown HIM out, too. In the end GOD will defend HIS chosen ones, the JEWS, all who accept HIM.

Gen 12:3Andi I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curses you: an in thee, shall all families of the earth be blessed
- Wesley
  
  you can only find that the Jews are God's chosen people in the Old Testament for they were pointing to Christ. in the New Testament God's chosen people are those who are in Christ both Jew and Gentile. Old Testament needs to be read in the light of the New Testament for the Old Testament is the shadows of the real thing in the New Testament. both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ condemned the pharisees for calling themselves children of Abraham. they used their fiercest language for the pharisees; brood of vipers, white-washed tombs, children of the devil, etc. the Quakers are reading their Bible for it seems they are coming across these verses.
fliteking

I used to buy quite a few Quaker Oats products.
Rick Casey

This article may be true, but your story caption featuring the Quaker Oats Man is very misleading and decietful to the public. The Quaker Oats Man is NOT part of a religous organization and has nothing to do with this article. Pepsico owns The Quaker Oats Man and not a religous money fund as you imply with the caption. You should retract the article and change the picture and apologize for misleading info.