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		<title>LWF Executive Committee Welcomes &#8220;Clear and Forceful&#8221; Middle East Quartet Statement on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Support for Call to Freeze All Israeli Settlement Activity GENEVA, 20 March 2010 (LWI) – The Executive Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed the &#8220;clear and forceful language&#8221; used by representatives of the United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union (the Middle East Quartet) in denouncing new settlement activity in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2010/03/lwf-executive-committee-welcomes-clear-and-forceful-middle-east-quartet-statement-on-israeli-palestinian-conflict/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States of America, Visits Augusta Victoria Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States of America and Vice President Joe Biden&#8217;s spouse, visited the Lutheran World Federation&#8217;s Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem on March 10.    Dr. Biden was accompanied by the spouse of the American Consul General in Jerusalem, the Deputy Mission Director of the U.S. Agency for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2010/03/dr-jill-biden-the-second-lady-of-the-united-states-of-america-visited-avh-on-10-march-2010/</link>
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		<title>Visit of Quartet Representative Tony Blair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quartet Representative Tony Blair was received by the Lutheran World Federation Representative, Rev. Mark Brown, Augusta Victoria Hospital CEO, Dr. Tawfiq Nasser, and the head of the WHO Office in Jerusalem, Mr. Tony Lawrence, on February 3rd during the official visit by Mr. Blair to Jerusalem institutions. Mr. Blair&#8217;s visit focused on the health situation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2010/02/quartet-representative-tony-blairs-visit-to-avh/</link>
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		<title>Volunteers Support LWF Jerusalem Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several long-term volunteers have been serving in Jerusalem this fall in support of the LWF projects. Gil and Frances Shultz from Canada work at Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) as volunteers seconded from Canadian Lutheran World Relief. Gil is a doctor of Molecular and Developmental Biology. He is assisting the CEO of AVH as the “Research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/11/volunteers-support-lwf-jerusalem-program/</link>
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		<title>It’s ‘Back to School’ for LWF’s Vocational Trainees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new school year has begun for the two vocational training centers in LWF’s Vocational Training Program (VTP). Over 300 Palestinian youth are part of the program. The LWF center in Beit Hanina, a neighborhood local to Jerusalem, has 247 trainees this term, seven of whom are women. The Beit Hanina center will be incorporating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/09/it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98back-to-school%e2%80%99-for-lwf%e2%80%99s-vocational-trainees/</link>
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		<title>LWF Department for World Service Releases 2008 Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LWF Department for World Service Annual Report covers the main programmatic activities carried out by World Service in 2008. It also includes general information related to the organizational priorities as described in the DWS Global strategy. View full text of 2008 LWF-DWS Global Report »]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/06/lwf-department-for-world-service-releases-2008-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>ELCA Presiding Bishop Welcomes President&#8217;s Remarks on U.S.-Muslim Relations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ELCA NEWS SERVICE June 4, 2009 CHICAGO (ELCA) &#8212; U.S. President Barack Obama &#8220;extended an invitation to a different way of living together in the world,&#8221; said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), in response to the president&#8217;s long-awaited speech June 4 in Cairo, Egypt on U.S.-Muslim [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/06/elca-presiding-bishop-welcomes-presidents-remarks-on-us-muslim-relations/</link>
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		<title>Anniversary Celebrations Mark Lutheran Church Witness in Holy Land</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View Original Text » “Living Witness – Creative Diakonia” was the theme of festive gatherings, worship, parades, dances, exhibitions and many other activities, marking three important anniversaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) from 16-17 May 2009. ELCJHL Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan described the anniversary celebrations—50 years of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/05/anniversary-celebrations-mark-lutheran-church-witness-in-holy-land/</link>
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		<title>LWF Jerusalem Publishes 2008 Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LWF Jerusalem Annual Report covers the main programmatic activities carried out byLWF Jerusalem Program in 2008. View full text of 2008 LWF-Jerusalem Annual Report »]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/04/lwf-jerusalem-publishes-2008-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>LWF Reiterates Support for Holy Land Vision of Peace, Urges Ceasefire in Gaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View Original Text » Noko Calls for Prayers, Advocacy, as North American Lutheran Bishops Visit Middle East GENEVA, 6 January 2009 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) reiterates its commitment to a vision of peace for both Israelis and Palestinians, urging an immediate cessation of both Israeli military operations on Gaza and Hamas missile [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2009/01/lwf-reiterates-support-for-holy-land-vision-of-peace-urges-ceasefire-in-gaza/</link>
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