Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council, meeting in Durham, New Hampshire, June 10-14, 2002, mindful of the Church’s longstanding commitment to a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis, condemns the violence of suicide bombers and the violence of the Occupation and pleads with both sides to pursue all avenues of negotiation based on United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338; and be it further

Resolved, That Council reiterates the Church’s position in support of a just peace that guarantees Israel’s security and Palestinian aspirations for a viable sovereign state with Jerusalem as the shared capital of both Israel and Palestine; and be it further

Resolved, That the Council commends President Bush’s repeated call for a Palestinian State and urges Congress not to initiate legislation that undermines the President’s efforts to broker a just peace; and be it further

Resolved, That Council recognizes that the Israeli policy of building settlements in the Occupied Territories thwarts the peace process and thus Council restates the Church’s position that all settlement activity should cease immediately; and be it further

Resolved, That appropriate copies of this resolution be distributed by the Office of Government Relations.