Bishop urges co-sponsorship of bipartisan senate resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

WASHINGTON - June 13, 2007 - (USCCB) - In a letter to the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on International Policy, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), urged co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 224, which seeks to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, the resolution acknowledges that the only way forward to a better future for both Israelis and Palestinians is