Kafity Urges 'Shadow [Mideast] Peace Conference'
Episcopal News Service. September 17, 1991 [91183H]
Bishop Samir Kafity, Anglican bishop in Jerusalem and president-bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, has called on religious leaders to consider joint sponsorship of a "Shadow Peace Conference" to help pave the way toward a just and peaceful solution of the Israel/Palestine question. "If some of the contestants of the conflict and some of the involved bodies are having difficulties in formulas and procedures, then a shadow inter-religious, international, informal conference should be called," Kafity said in his invitation to religious leaders in the Mideast and the United States. Kafity said that he envisions the proposed conference as an effort that would "enhance, augment, and challenge" the current initiative of the Bush administration. A Mideast peace conference is slated to open sometime in October under the joint sponsorship of the United States and the Soviet Union.