{"id":2289,"date":"2018-02-07T09:20:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:20:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:20:29","slug":"elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"ELCA signs letter to President Trump about UNRWA funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 6, 2018 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined thirteen other Christian denominations and organizations concerned about and working in the Middle East in signing a letter to President Trump &#8220;to express our dismay at the recent decision to withhold $65 million in U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlights the devastating humanitarian impact of these cuts, the politicization of humanitarian aid, and the denial of basic rights to Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\/unrwa-letter-2-6-2018\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2290\">letter about UNRWA funding\u00a0<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 6, 2018 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined thirteen other Christian denominations and organizations concerned about and working in the Middle East in signing a letter to President Trump &#8220;to express our dismay at the recent decision to withhold $65 million in U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ELCA signs letter to President Trump about UNRWA funding - SUMUD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ELCA signs letter to President Trump about UNRWA funding - SUMUD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On February 6, 2018 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) joined thirteen other Christian denominations and organizations concerned about and working in the Middle East in signing a letter to President Trump &#8220;to express our dismay at the recent decision to withhold $65 million in U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SUMUD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-07T15:20:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-07T15:20:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peace Not Walls\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peace Not Walls\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peace Not Walls\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/aabcedb6b32a1cf65611ac22a18e7b25\"},\"headline\":\"ELCA signs letter to President Trump about UNRWA funding\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-07T15:20:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-07T15:20:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/elcasumud\\\/elca-signs-letter-president-trump-unrwa-funding\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"articleSection\":[\"Reports &amp; 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