On Palestine and Israel:
Resolved, that the Diocese of North Carolina calls the Executive Council to act on the 77th General Conven- tion’s Resolution A015 re-affirming the 70th General Convention Resolution A149 which “require(s) the State of Israel to account to the Government of the United States for all aid to Israel...in compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act” by sending it to Congress with a request to hold hearings to determine that no U.S. funding is being used to deny basic human rights of Palestinians living under occupation, and asks Council to report on its actions to the whole Church by June 2013.
Resolved, that the Diocese of North Carolina asks Executive Council to act on the policy established by Execu- tive Council in October 2005 and determine, through its committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, what investments the Church holds that support the infrastructure of the Occupation and what shareholder actions are contemplated to implement that policy, and asks Council to report its findings to the Church by June 2013.
Explanation: This resolution is meant to call attention to existing policies of General Convention and to urge the Executive Council to oversee all Episcopal Church policies on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as the whole Church prays, yearns and witnesses for a just peace for all the people of the Holy Land.
