Episcopal Press and News

UCC Calls for Freeze on Weapons Shipments to Mideast

Episcopal News Service. May 14, 1991 [91120R]

The United Church of Christ (UCC) urged congressional leaders to suspend U.S. weapons deliveries to the Middle East as a first step toward establishing a United Nations-led multinational embargo on arms transfers to the region. In its April 24 statement, the UCC's Office for Church in Society also called for an end to Israeli settlements in occupied Arab territories, and a homeland for Palestinians in the context of Israel's security.