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Anti-Apartheid Archbishop Calls Presbyterians to Back Divestment from Israeli Occupation

June 16, 2014CommentaryDesmond Tutu, divestment, presbyterian church

Detroit — As Presbyterians meeting in Detroit consider divestment from three companies linked to the Israeli occupation of Palestine — Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett Packard — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the leader who more than any other human being alive is associated with the successful use of divestment to help overturn apartheid in South Africa, is calling on Presbyterians…

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