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Title: ELCA Presiding Bishop Responds to Gaza Ship Convoy Incident
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>June 1, 2010  

ELCA Presiding Bishop Responds to Gaza Ship Convoy Incident
10-151-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Expressing regret for the deaths and injuries that
resulted when Israeli military forces intercepted a ship convoy seeking
to deliver humanitarian goods to Gaza, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding
bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), called
for "a full, international and independent investigation into the
matter," in a June 1 public statement.

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