Susanne Hoder is Moderator of the Interfaith Peace Initiative and a member of the Divestment Task Force of the

United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...

New England Conference. Since visiting

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

in 2004, she has been an advocate for a just peace in the region based on equality, international law and human rights. She has spoken at numerous conferences and written articles on the situation in the Holy Land. She has compiled research on publicly held companies that support the

Israeli occupation Israeli-occupied territories are the lands that were captured and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. While the term is currently applied to the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, it has also been used to refer to a ...

of Palestinian land, urging churches and other organizations to withdraw their investments in these companies until Israel complies with international law.

References

*http://www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com/ *http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/178 *http://www.unitedmethodistdivestment.com/, *http://umportal.org/article.asp?id=2654

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