According to Rabbi Michael Melchior, the religious contacts have survived through the past ten months of violence with the blessing of political leaders whose own negotiations have effectively collapsed.
The Times, UK, July 5, 2001
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FEATURES \ Jul 03, 2001
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Powerful political and economic interests - Israeli and Palestinian - have an interest in the outcome of the elections of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy
By Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz, Tuesday, July 3, 2001
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SYRIA \ Jun 30, 2001 6665
Patriarch Maximus Hakim V, leader of the Greek Catholic church for more than 30 years, died Friday. He was 93.
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ISRAEL \ Jun 27, 2001 4286
Israel has decided to develop the traditional site of Jesus' baptism along the Jordan River near the Palestinian town of Jerico and clear mines from what is now a closed military zone, the Tourism Ministry said Tuesday.
The Associated Press, June 26, 2001
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ISRAEL \ Jun 26, 2001 4535
Ultra-Orthodox organizations vow to put an end to building project belonging to the church of Scotland in the center of Tiberias
By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz, June 25, 2001
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JORDAN \ Jun 22, 2001 8141
Religion Today editor Janet Chismar recently returned from a week in the Kingdom of Jordan. In addition to touring the country's many Biblical sites, she also spent time talking with local Christians, learning of their struggles and faith in a country at the crossroads. Religion Today, June 22, 2001
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ISRAEL \ Jun 22, 2001 4987
After a thousand years in pieces, an ancient Roman obelisk stood proudly again on June 18 in the seaport of Caesarea.
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ISRAEL \ Jun 20, 2001 3913
The monk from Wadi Kelt was shot dead while driving along the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road last week.
By Amos Harel, Ha’aretz Correspondent, June 20, 2001
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This is the first time that an Israeli Arab Christian has been chosen for the post
By Jalal Bana, Ha'aretz Correspondent, June 19, 2001
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