Episcopal Press and News

Correction: Restore Security for Israel

Episcopal News Service. October 31, 1990 [90283V]

A sin of omission in the text of the House of Bishops statement on the Persian Gulf crisis (ENS 90270) left out crucial words resulting in a suggestion that peace is possible in the Middle East without affirming the security of Israel. The paragraph should have read:

"We ask our people and the Government of the United States to increase their attention to the peace process involving Palestinians and Israelis in recognition that no peace is possible in the Middle East without security for the State of Israel and self-determination in their own homeland for Palestinian people."