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The U.S. Methodist Church has reopened the divestment debate with a discussion about withdrawing Methodist pensions funds from companies that “support the occupation.” Of course, divestment will only lead to a weakened Israeli economy, which accounts for nearly all of the GDP of the Palestinian Territories. A weak Israeli economy means an even weaker Palestinian economy (Israeli trade with the Territories is far outweighed by trade made abroad), which in turn fuels the violence that Arabs perpetrate on Jews, and the Israeli military responds to with large operations. Divestment starts by saying we want to punish Israel for its actions against the Palestinians, and ends up punishing Palestinians more.