The 38th General Council of the United Church of Canada in 2003 approved a resolution titled “Paths to Peace in Israel and Palestine”

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WHEREAS the Executive of General Council has affirmed its conviction that “a necessary step towards true peace in the region will be through the implementation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions specifically 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948) and that these resolutions require…the withdrawal of Israel from the West Bank and Gaza including settlements; and .[]…

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 38th General Council record its conviction that a just peace in the Middle East will require:

• the recognition by Israel Government of a fully sovereign State of Palestine with secure borders, and territorial contiguity encompassing the West Bank and Gaza Strip;
• the recognition by the emergent State of Palestine and other neighbouring Arab States of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state within safe and secure borders;
• the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip;
• the ending of suicide bombings as well as other forms of violent attacks directed towards civilians on the part of Palestinians;
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