In 2014, Tutu urged the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to divest from companies that contributed to the occupation, saying that Israel "has created an apartheid reality within its borders and through its occupation", and that the alternative to Israel being "an apartheid state in perpetuity" was to end the occupation through either a one-state solution or a two-state solution.
In 2014, Tutu advised the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to withdraw investments from companies supporting the occupation, stating that Israel "has established an apartheid situation within its borders and through its control", and suggesting that the continuation of Israeli rule as an "apartheid state indefinitely" could be avoided by either a unified nation or two separate states.