Dexter Van Zile is a writer and analyst focused on the intersection of Christian institutions and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard examining anti-Israel activism within mainline Protestant denominations and the flow of charitable funds to designated terrorist organizations.
Israeli law enforcement officials have charged Mohammed el-Halabi, an employee of World Vision, a child welfare organization supported by Christians throughout the world, of funneling millions of dollars to the anti-Semitic terror organization Hamas.
Last month the general synod of the United Church of Christ approved a resolution calling on its members and local churches to boycott products made in the West Bank. The resolution also called on the denomination's local churches and the organizations that manage UCC-related investments to divest…