Top Presbyterian Reverend In MLK Day Sermon: Israel ‘Enslaves’ Palestinians

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KENTUCKY (JNS) – A top Presbyterian reverend on Sunday accused Israel of enslaving the Palestinians, and American Jews of not doing enough to stop it.

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“The continued occupation in Palestine/Israel is 21st-century slavery and should be abolished immediately,” said Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church USA. “Given the history of Jewish humble beginnings and persecution, there should be no ambiguity as to the ethical, moral and dehumanizing marginalization and enslavement of other human beings.”

Nelson made the remarks during his Martin Luther King Day sermon, which has since been published on the Presbyterian Church USA website.

“The United States of America must be a major influencer of calling this injustice both immoral and intolerable,” he continued. “I would also hope that the Jewish community in the United States would influence the call to join the U.S. government in ending the immoral enslavement.”

Jewish leaders and organizations came out against the statements, which were made only one day after an armed terrorist took four Jews hostage in a Texas synagogue. The Jews made it out safely and the perpetrator was killed.

“To use the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to make claims linking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to enslavement and then call on the American Jewish community to use its ‘influence’ with the American government is not only unfair, but it is also dangerous,” said the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in a statement. “The perception of ‘Jewish Power’ appears to have been a key part of the distorted motivation of the terrorist who held four people hostage less than 48 hours before Rev. Nelson’s hateful attack.”

The Jewish Federations of North America also reacted, calling the statement “unacceptable” and “distressing.” The organization said that “these kinds of distorted characterizations embolden extremists.”

The Presbyterian Church USA is an umbrella organization that is meant to bring together congregations, worshiping communities, mid councils, mission networks and other parts of the Church ecosystem, according to its website.


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Nachum
Nachum
2 years ago

Why doesn’t he speak out against African and Muslim countries, which still practice various forms of indentured servitude?

Jack Schwartz
Jack Schwartz
2 years ago

The response to this kind of smear, and all others against the Jews, should not be that it is “distressing”, or “unacceptable”. Those observations are of little weight.
We should call a spade a spade: “This statement by Rev. Nelson says more about him than it does about the Jews. His comments reflect ignorance at best, but more likely, immoral malice. And if his congregation is willing to accept such tripe, then they are no better.”

harry weiss
harry weiss
2 years ago

typical black antisemitism

triumphinwhitehouse
triumphinwhitehouse
2 years ago

alot of code speaking by this Obama and jeremiah wright disciple by having Jews “influence” the US government to support Hamas. Yet UJA and Met Council where David Greenfield makes $450,000 spent OUR money on giving food to people in projects in “honor” of MLK.

Democrats support Jew haters and terrorists.
Democrats support Jew haters and terrorists.
2 years ago

Another democrat Jew hater

Secular
Secular
2 years ago

Clutch the pearls!

מקרא מלא הוא :

יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ עַמִּ֗ים (וישתחו) [וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּ] לְךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְאַחֶ֔יךָ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּנֵ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ אָר֔וּר וּֽמְבָרְכֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃

Aguttenshabbos
Aguttenshabbos
2 years ago

When was the last time, if ever, this low life Putz was in Israel. He ought to check it out. Dummy!!

C R
C R
2 years ago

עַל־דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמַּ֔יִם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵֽאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַֽאֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜יךָ אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַֽהֲרַ֖יִם לְקַלְלֶֽךָּ

לֹֽא־תִדְר֥שׁ שְׁלֹמָ֖ם וְטֹֽבָתָ֑ם כָּל־יָמֶ֖יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם

Aguttenshabbos
Aguttenshabbos
2 years ago

Barack Hussein Obama probably attended his church as well.

PaulinSaudi
PaulinSaudi
2 years ago

Who? He has no Wikipedia page.