GC43 or earlier

GC35 Negotiated Peace Settlement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip (1994N262)

WHEREAS Christ calls the church to be concerned for this world;

WHEREAS the ways of peace and reconciliation are preferred to acts of violence and the perpetuation of hatred; and…

WHEREAS peace and security for Israeli Jews will only come when justice and peace come to the Palestinians;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 35th General Council 

  1. express its support for a negotiated peace settlement between Israel and the peoples in the occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip;

  2. express this support to the government of Israel and to those negotiating on behalf of the Palestinian peoples, encouraging them to use all peaceful methods possible.

 

GC35 1994 ROP, pp. 143-144, 467-468

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