February 08, 2006
The Anglican Church (Church of England) is to divest from companies whose products are used by Israel in the West Bank. The decision was taken at this week's meeting of the Churchs' General Synod. The vote was in response to an initiative by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and had the support of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The resolution echoes those recently adopted by several Protestant churches in the United States, and could affect international companies such as Caterpillar, which sells bulldozers to the Israeli military.
