At it's Ninth Biennial Churchwide Assembly in Orlando, Florida (August 8-14, 2005), rather than rubber-stamp an anti-Israel resolution written by the denomination's staff, ELCA's voting members amended the original language to make it less critical of Israel in general and its security fence in particular.

Although ELCA's amendments were minor, they presented a significant departure from the anti-Israel resolutions that were adopted by the overwhelming majority of participants at the UCC's and Disciples of Christ's conventions.

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