The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church in the United States unanimously voted to adopt a human rights investment screen and will sell its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Caterpillar, Inc., and the Israel Discount Bank for benefiting from the Israeli occupation.
The human rights screen would bar Episcopal Church investments in “any corporation that supports or benefits from denial of human rights in or through the occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip,” the Council said in a statement quoted by Mondoweiss.
Here are all the Episcopal Church heroes who voted unanimously to boycott #Israel & divest from its complicit companies for Palestine #BDS@Palgroup3 https://t.co/lmGVQZisJU
— Pal_group (@Palgroup3) October 26, 2019
According to the media release, the Council also directed the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, “to pursue continued engagement with Facebook, Booking.com, and TripAdvisor, urging them to address human rights violations through complicity in the occupation of the OPT, and seeking to assure that the companies take all necessary steps to end their complicity in the occupation.”
The Episcopal Church (@iamepiscopalian) will sell stock in companies profiting from the Israeli occupation of #Palestine. #BDShttps://t.co/DAmK2kzTOP pic.twitter.com/Nqa12o6F31
— Alexandra Halaby?? (@iskandrah) October 24, 2019
Establishing a human rights investment screen for investments related to Israel and Palestine adds to the list of screens used by the Episcopal Church, including tobacco, fossil fuels, and certain military contractors, the Council said.
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