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The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a pastor in Belmont, Mass., and a delegate from the New England annual conference, holds a map of Israeli encroachment of the West Bank as he presents a minority report during the May 2 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Chang presented a motion favoring divestment from corporations profiting from the illegal Israeli settlement of occupied Palestinian territories. The move was defeated.

The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a pastor in Belmont, Mass., and a delegate from the New England annual conference, holds a map of Israeli encroachment of the West Bank as he presents a minority report during the May 2 session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida. Chang presented a motion favoring divestment from corporations profiting from the illegal Israeli settlement of occupied Palestinian territories. The move was defeated.

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