The Israeli religious burial society is claiming that the three were born of mixed marriages - a Jewish father and a Christian mother - and therefore could not be buried in Jewish cemeteries.

By Anat Cygielman and Yossi Verter, Ha'aretz Correspondents

Many people outside the region consider the Arab Middle East exclusively Muslim. Middle East expert Claude Lorieux dispels that notion in his new book called, "Christians in the Land of Islam."

VOW News, Laurie Kassman, Paris,31 May 2001

Christian workers in Istanbul who distribute Bibles and New Testaments in the Turkish language had their offices raided by police and are currently under investigation by local authorities.

Assist News May 31, 2001

Egypt's grand mufti : "Arabs and Muslims will not allow a Jewish Temple to be rebuilt even if that would lead to a third world war breaking out"

The Times of India,29th may,2001

"We invent all kinds of tombs" in Palestinian-populated areas, said Prof. Moshe Maoz at a meeting with the Jewish Leaders in the US, citing Joseph's Tomb, located in Nablus, which was destroyed by Palestinian rioters

By Melissa Radler, The Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2001

Joyce Mayers speakes to leaders of Messianic congregations about peace in life of leaders.

Special, May 29, 2001

Fighting in the West Bank accelerates a gradual outflow of Christians from the Holy Land,especialy in the Bethlehem area.

The Associated Press, Mon 28 May 2001

Arabic Christian Satellite channel reaches millions of viewers from Morroco to Iran, in six different time zones

By Dan Wooding, ASSIST NEWS SERVICE,May 24, 2001

More than 1,500 Orthodox rabbis plan to advertise the centrality of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount to the Jewish people this week in The New York Times.

Jerusalem Post,May 24, 2001