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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS" by SUSAN PEEK on Aug. 11, 1991 at 13:58 Eastern,
about FULL TEXT RELEASES FROM UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE (3542 notes).

Note 3540 by UMNS on April 7, 1997 at 17:30 Eastern (1304 characters).

Produced by United Methodist News Service, official news agency of
the United Methodist Church, with offices in Nashville, Tenn., New
York, and Washington.

CONTACT:  Tom McAnally                           186(10-71B){3540}
          Nashville (615-742-5470)                   April 7, 1997

Bishop calls for
harmony in Jerusalem

                 by United Methodist News Service

     A United Methodist bishop who recently returned from a visit
to Israel has called building a new Jewish settlement outside
Jerusalem "a deliberate provocation of age-old problems of access
to key religious sites in the Holy Land."
     In a statement released April 3, Bishop Ann B. Sherer of the
Missouri area declared that Jews, Arabs and Christians to work
together to share Jerusalem.
     To find a solution, she said, "Jewish leaders must be
faithful to prior peace agreements and willing to share
Jerusalem."
     Sherer -- who visited the site of the disputed settlement and
a Palestinian refugee camp, as well as United Methodist-supported
projects in the Holy Land -- noted that the "need for Israelis to
feel safe in their own homes is obvious. But the plight of the
Palestinians also needs to be recognized and their state
supported."
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