ELCA NEWS SERVICE March 22, 2010 LWF Executive Committee Welcomes Middle East Quartet Statement 10-101-LWI/JB GENEVA (ELCA) -- The Executive Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) welcomed the "clear and forceful language" used by representatives of the United Nations, the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union --known as the Middle East Quartet -- in denouncing new settlement activity in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. More http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4487 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews