{"id":616,"date":"2011-10-13T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T20:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=616"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:56:39","slug":"u-s-church-leaders-respond-to-jerusalem-heads-of-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/u-s-church-leaders-respond-to-jerusalem-heads-of-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Church Leaders Respond to Jerusalem Heads of Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/46925000\/jpg\/_46925701_templemount_ap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall in Jerusalem on a hotly-contested spot of land in East Jerusalem.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, church leaders in the United States made public their response to the communique issued by the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem regarding the current status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both documents were produced in September.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, the U.S. heads of churches, in the context of the Arab Spring, &#8220;recognize the complex and difficult situation regarding the current and future realities of the Middle East.&#8221; Beyond developments in the region, however, the church leaders voice their dismay &#8220;that the Obama administration has actively opposed Palestinian efforts to achieve a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through appeal to the United Nations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click below for the full text of each communication (in <a title=\"Get a free Acrobat reader program\" href=\"http:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\" target=\"_blank\">PDF <\/a>format):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/10\/2011.09.12-Communique-from-the-Heads-of-Christian-Churches-in-Jerusalem.pdf\">Sept. 12, 2011 \u2013 Communique from the Heads of Christian Churches in Jerusalem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/10\/2011.09.30-Response-to-Communique-from-the-Heads.pdf\">Sept. 30, 2011 \u2013 Response to Communique by Heads of Churches in the United States<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, church leaders in the United States made public their response to the communique issued by the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem regarding the current status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 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