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President Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital
The United States President Joe Biden visited the LWF-operated Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) on the morning of Friday July 15. The visit was part of a two-day presidential visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Biden’s visit to the hospital is the first visit of a sitting US president to East Jerusalem. The US President announced a USD 100 million multi-year commitment toward the East Jerusalem Hospital Network (EJHN), of which AVH is a member. The six chief executive officers of the EJHN members were invited as well as ELCJHL Bishop Ibrahim Azar. Several AVH medical staff and the LWF…