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Last week, several student groups, including the International Relations Council, the Woodbridge Society of International Students, the Society of Arab Students (SAS), and the Palestinian Solidarity Committee (PSC) attempted to revive the divestment debate, hosting a panel of pro-divestment speakers to talk about the Presbyterian Church USA’s decision to divest from firms supporting Israeli soldiers and settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Rather than welcoming an opportunity to hear the arguments of an unpopular—and underrepresented—opinion, however, many students were outraged by the panel and its one-sided presentation...
After one student attendee questioned the absence of any anti-divestment voices on the panel, SAS Political Action Committee Chair Deena S. Shakir ’08 told the audience that the event had been designed to give Presbyterian leaders the opportunity to present their church's stance and was "not meant to be a debate...
Panelists argued that last June’s divestment resolution is in keeping with the Presbyterian Church’s history. The church has previously pursued divestment efforts against other targets, including tobacco companies and firms with ties to South Africa’s apartheid government...
...Fahed Abu-Akel, a Palestinian-American pastor from Atlanta, noted that Presbyterianism is the largest Protestant denomination in the Middle East, with half a million members in the region. “For the last 200 years, the Presbyterian Church has been involved there,” he said...
...Budd Kepler vehemently denied any suggestion that she had taken an equivocal stance on the issue of terrorism. “For the record, let me clarify, the Presbyterian Church has condemned suicide bombers,” she said, adding that she fully backs the church’s position...