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In their resolution, the Presbyterians "accept[ed] responsibility" for the "hurt and misunderstanding among many members of the Jewish community and within our Presbyterian communion" caused by the divestment resolution. They replaced the support for divestment with new language that benignly pledged investments "only in peaceful pursuits." They even qualified their opposition to Israel's security wall, admitting to the right to protect its borders but complaining about parts of the wall that "illegally encroaches into the Palestinian territory."

Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Institute responded to the overwhelmingly vote to set aside divestment: "We hope that this will mark a turning point in ending the unjust campaign by churches, academic groups and NGOs to demonize Israel."

Cooper's hope is justified. Divestment against Israel is probably dead as an effective campaign. But the religious left inevitably will look elsewhere for new dragons to slay.

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