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Why is this territorial conflict different from all other territorial conflicts?
July 22, 2021
The UCC, in its decline, lashes out at Israel.
Established in the U.S. in 1957, but with roots going back to colonial New England, the United Church of Christ (UCC) is one of the major denominations that make up what is known as mainline Protestantism—long the socially dominant form of American Christianity. These churches have gone into a precipitous decline in recent decades, as Samuel Goldman explains, and the UCC is no exception. While, unlike so many Christian denominations, this particular church does not have a long and sordid history of anti-Semitism, that too appears to be changing, as seen from the latest meeting of its General Synod. Luke Moon writes:
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Login or SubscribeWhy is this territorial conflict different from all other territorial conflicts?
War, and the threat of war, is key to the regime’s legitimacy.
The UCC, in its decline, lashes out at Israel.
Various studies seem to suggest it can.
“For the freedom of Jerusalem!”