Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 81st General Convention acknowledge that Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and B’Tselem Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories report that Israel’s entrenched discriminatory rule over Palestinians amounts to the international wrong of apartheid; and be it further

Resolved, That the 81st General Convention join the Presbyterian Church USA, United Church of Christ, the New England and Oregon-Idaho Conferences of the United Methodist Church, and Disciples of Christ in naming the aforementioned policies and practices against the Palestinian people to be apartheid, a crime against humanity; and be it further

Resolved, That the 81st General Convention call on the Office of Government Relations to represent ending Israel’s apartheid as a policy priority of The Episcopal Church and to influence policy and legislation on this issue.