By Yitzhak Santis, The Times of Israel
This week in Detroit at their biennial General Assembly, members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have a profound choice to make: to be peacemakers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or to become participants in the dispute.
Presbyterians have a unique opportunity to act as peacemakers. As Christians who care about the Holy Land and the peoples and faiths living there, as well as U.S. citizens whose government remains deeply involved in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, Presbyterians hold genuine potential for positive influence.
Aware of the responsibility of being peacemakers, and the importance of peace to Israelis, Palestinians and the future of the region, Presbyterians for over four decades have repeatedly reaffirmed support for a two-state solution. A reversal of this long-held position would be catastrophic for Christian-Jewish relations, setting back the positive gains made in the interfaith relationship in the last half-century.
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