He encouraged the WCC member churches to "raise this issue with representatives of Israel and with their own governments", urging reversal of this law.

Tveit said that this law establishes a "legislative distinction between the indigenous Palestinian Arab Christians and Palestinian Arab Muslims, both of whom are citizens of the State of Israel". This distinction, he stressed, is an "unacceptable severing of entire communities from their cultural identity".

With the stroke of a pen on March 18, 2014, appellate case 2014-000101 died in the water, as far as the South Carolina Court of Appeals is concerned.

The judge based his ruling on a May 8, 1974 South Carolina Supreme Court case Lowndes Products, Inc. v. Claude A. Brower "finding an order refusing to compel discovery not immediately appealable."

Faith McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Director, worked with Roderick in his roles as Christian Solidarity International's Washington, D.C. representative and co-director of the Sudan Campaign, and leader of the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), for which he had been Secretary General since 1992. But she first heard of him through his advocacy for persecuted Soviet Christians and Jews. In 1982 Roderick founded the Society of St.

There are, however, those who wish to change that.

"In December, Bishop Humphrey, some of my colleagues and I received threatening visits, followed by instigated demonstrations," said Mr Presler.