Quakers Divest from Israel

on September 27, 2012

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By Mark Tooley 

Hold the presses!  The Quakers are divesting from firms doing business with Israel. Maybe the famed smile of the Quaker Oats Man should now turn to a frown. Specifically the Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation (FFC) is divesting from Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Veolia Environment. Ostensibly HP was guilty of providing technology consulting to the Israeli Navy, while Veolia was convicted for “environmental and social concerns.”

Naturally, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation gushed that it was “thrilled” that FFC was the “first U.S. national fund” to divest from those firms in reaction to demands from “Palestinian rights advocates.”

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  1. Pingback by Quakers Divest from Israel | THINKING PRESBYTERIAN | Scoop.it on September 27, 2012 at 10:55 pm

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  2. Comment by karen devito on November 12, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    What a disgrace to the noble founding ideals of the Quaker organization. That they would boycott Israel upon which the Pilgrim Quaker Fathers coming to these shores modelled themselves is the height of absurdity! They should be boycotting the gangster terrorists in Gaza and the West Bank who delight in mayhem and murder. Not one more plugged nickel in donations to this antisemitic group from me and my extended family will go to these fanatics again.

  3. Comment by Karen DeVito on January 6, 2013 at 1:20 am

    Stop impersonating me, you creep.I support the Quakers and BDS.

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