In other news on Israel, the World Council of Churches has called on member churches to sell off investments in companies profiting from the Israeli control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Council is the main global body uniting non-Catholic Christians and represents up to half a billion Christians in over 120 countries. The Council criticized Israel for demolishing Palestinian homes, building settlements on occupied land and constructing a 400-mile separation wall in the West Bank. Last year the Presbyterian Church’s General Assembly issued a similar call for divestment from Israel.