{"id":2474,"date":"2021-01-07T08:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2021-01-07T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:18:17","slug":"the-us-can-help-israel-and-palestinians-reach-a-just-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/the-us-can-help-israel-and-palestinians-reach-a-just-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"The US can help Israel and Palestinians reach a just peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church, co-authored an op-ed published in Religion News Service on January 4, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>They write, &#8220;The fundamental question is how Congress and the administration can help build peace. On the question of annexation, the Israeli government needs to hear more clearly than it has from some American lawmakers that annexation of current Palestinian areas of any kind \u2014\u00a0<em>de jure<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>de facto<\/em> \u2014 is unacceptable. Palestinian Lutheran Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar said last May that, for Palestinians, annexation is \u201ccertain to have severe consequences for Israeli and Palestinian people\u201d and, first and foremost, for peace. The bishop said the real issue is \u201cliberation, not annexation.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the<a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/01\/04\/the-us-can-help-israel-and-palestinians-reach-a-just-peace\/?fbclid=IwAR3wtJvuOQC8v9TJcPb1f7jaRfxYCLH3TNh99V9VHvDOJpQrCcXCfsFotA8\"> full op-ed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Rev. 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