Sabeel conference considers economic leverage as tool to fight Israeli occupation

After a year of negative media about the growing church movement, the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Christian group Sabeel and its support organizations proposed a gathering of key church representatives working on various economic strategies. A planning committee of Sabeel on organized an international conference on "A Call for Morally Responsible Investment: A Nonviolent Response to the Israeli Occupation" aimed at representatives of churches actively pursuing economic leverage strategies, as well as those interested in learning more about it.