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ELCA Presiding Bishop Joins Interfaith Call for Middle East Peace

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Date Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:21:27 -0500

Title: ELCA Presiding Bishop Joins Interfaith Call for Middle East Peace
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>April 19, 2011  

ELCA Presiding Bishop Joins Interfaith Call for Middle East Peace
11-056-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and 32 Jewish, Muslim and
Christian leaders, said a new peace initiative by former Israeli
government, intelligence and security officials offers a useful sign for
Middle East peace. The initiative, along with previous Middle East peace
initiatives, offers "key principles and ideas for negotiations to achieve
comprehensive Arab-Israeli-Palestinian peace," the religious leaders said
in a letter to President Barack Obama.

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