LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM 40 EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN LEADERS
Arab News, 7/17/02
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=16952
Dear Mr. President,
We write as American evangelical Christians concerned for the well-being of
all the children of Abraham in the Middle East -- Christian, Jewish and
Muslim. We urge you to employ an even-handed policy toward Israeli and
Palestinian leadership so that this bloody conflict will come to a speedy
close and both peoples can live without fear and in a spirit of
shalom/salaam.
An even-handed U.S. policy towards Israelis and Palestinians does not give
a blank check to either side, nor does it bless violence by either side. An
even-handed policy affirms the valid interests of Israelis and
Palestinians: both states free, economically viable and secure, with normal
relations between Israel and all its Arab neighbors. We commend your stated
support for a Palestinian state with 1967 borders, and encourage you to
move boldly forward so that the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian
people for their own state may be realized...
Mr. President, the American evangelical community is not a monolithic bloc
in full and firm support of present Israeli policy. Significant numbers of
American evangelicals reject the way some have distorted biblical passages
as their rationale for uncritical support for every policy and action of
the Israeli government instead of judging all actions - of both Israelis
and Palestinians - on the basis of biblical standards of justice. The great
Hebrew prophets, Isaiah and Jeremiah, declared in the Old Testament that
God calls all nations and all people to do justice one to another, and to
protect the oppressed, the alien, the fatherless and the widow.
Finally, Mr. President, be assured of our prayers for you and your cabinet
as you lead our nation in this troubled time. May the strength and peace of
the Lord be with you.
Sincerely,
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