CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL

Jewish Group Launches Campaign to Combat Divestment from Israel - Holly Lebowitz Rossi (Beliefnet)
The American Jewish Congress (AJC) has launched a campaign urging Jewish groups and financial professionals to purchase stock in companies that are the target of divestment, in an attempt to convince those companies to continue to do business in Israel. "Preying on the emotions of well-meaning individuals who think that they are contributing to peace, these divestment campaigns coincide with other efforts which seek to undermine Israel's self-defense, its economy and its legitimacy," said AJC President Paul Miller. The AJC itself bought shares of Caterpillar Inc., the construction equipment company, and is working to defeat a shareholder resolution that opposes the sale of equipment to Israel.