U.S. evangelical Christians wrote an open letter to President Bush supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We affirm your clear call for a two-state solution,†the authors wrote in a letter published in Sunday’s New York Times. “We also write to correct a serious misperception among some people including some U.S. policymakers that all American evangelicals are opposed to a two-state solution and creation of a new Palestinian state that includes the vast majority of the West Bank. Nothing could be further from the truth.â€
More than 30 Christian seminary presidents, clergymen and organizational leaders signed the letter. They said they hoped Bush would be emboldened to seek a final-status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians knowing he has evangelical support.
The letter urged the Bush administration not to “grow weary†in its attempt to negotiate a “lasting peace†in the region.
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