The World Council of Churches today recognized the right of Israel and the Arab states to live in peace “within secure and recognized boundaries” and urged an end to military activity in the Middle East “both regular and irregular, including terrorism,” according to reports reaching here from Nairobi, Kenya.
The Council, which has been holding its fifth assembly in Nairobi for the past two weeks, also recognized the Arab claims for the return of land occupied by Israel since 1967, called for a resumption of the Geneva conference and supported a total arms embargo in the Mideast.
(Meanwhile, the New York-based Research Center for Religion and Human Rights, sent a telegram to the Council asking it to “urge the United Nations and its members to rescind the resolution condemning Zionism as racism in order to save the peace in the Middle East and the United Nations from disintegration.”)
The organization, made up of 286 member churches, is considering a draft resolution condemning racialism, sexism and the denial of human rights which mentioned specifically only South Africa.
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