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PC(USA) stated clerk joins religious leaders in welcoming ceasefire

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Presbyterian News Service LOUISVILLE – The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), has signed on to the following statement welcoming the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and calling for renewed negotiations for a two-state solution in the land. As leaders of American Jewish, Christian, and Muslim…

Largest Presbyterian denomination in U.S. demands Obama push for Israeli-Hamas ceasefire

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By Michael Gryboski The largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States released a statement Tuesday demanding that President Barack Obama push Israel and Hamas towards negotiating a ceasefire immediately. “The situation is escalating beyond control. The bloodshed and wielding of power in the contested land is unconscionable,”  reads the statement from the Presbyterian Church (USA)…

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