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Eleven-year old Shahad receives treatment at the LWF-run Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem. AVH is the only hospital that offers pediatric hemodialysis for Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. LWF\/Ben Gray<\/p><\/div>\n

Leaders of Lutheran, Catholic and Episcopal (Anglican) churches in the United States have jointly called on the US President to restore vital funding for four church-associated medical institutions in East Jerusalem. By halting this humanitarian assistance \u201clives are being threatened unnecessarily,\u201d they say in a joint statement issued on Nov 1.<\/p>\n

The five church leaders, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<\/a>), Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry (The Episcopal Church<\/a>), Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a>), Bishop William O. Gafkjen\u00a0(Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), and Bishop Joseph C. Bambera (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)\u00a0say restoring the vital financial support \u201cis a morally correct thing to do\u201d so that patients can \u201ccontinue to receive the treatment and care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the affected institutions is Augusta Victoria Hospital<\/a> (AVH), which is run by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF). For decades, AVH, St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital and Princess Basma Rehabilitation Centre (Anglican \/Episcopal), and St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital (Catholic) had been assured of US humanitarian assistance. Recently, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration decided to discontinue such support as part of a wider move to curtail funding towards Palestinians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese hospitals provide life-saving and, in some cases, unique forms of health care not available otherwise to Palestinians,\u201d the church leaders say. They refer to kidney dialysis for children, state-of-the-art cancer care and pioneering rehabilitation centers for autism treatment as some of the critical services for the most vulnerable populations in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.<\/p>\n

The decision to discontinue funding \u201cleaves the patients, the wider Palestinian community, and us disappointed and perplexed,\u201d the church leaders add.<\/p>\n

Read the full statement<\/a><\/p>\n

Above text from the LWF story about the statement<\/a><\/p>\n

Read ELCA news story (includes full statement)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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