Christians in Iraq say their prayers for peace had been answered, but what comes after the fall of Saddam Hussein is what worries them now. Christians feel they have something to lose now that Saddam has been ousted from power and U.S. forces promise democracy in a largely Muslim country.

Iraq's Christians say their roots go back to the first century when the apostle Thomas evangelised Iraq, which was then Mesopotamia

By Mike Collett-White, www.cmep.org, April 14, 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spent Palm Sunday with the Christians in Jerusalem, issuing a pastoral letter to Christians in the Middle East and preaching at the Anglican Cathedral of St. George the Martyr in Jerusalem.

by James Solheim, April 12, 2003, Episcopal News Service

It is a strange thing for a non-Jewish, American Christian girl to grow up in Israel, and even stranger for her to melt so well into the fabric of Israeli society.

An Israeli church elder writes about Abigail Lytle, the 14 year old girl that was killed in the Haifa blast a month ago.

by Baruch Maoz, Banner of Truth, April 8, 2003

Evangalical Christians are generating the spiritual energy fueling George Bush's war on global terrorism. According to a poll, 63 percent of American Jewry supports active involvement by the U.S. administration in the peace process.

Akiva Eldar, one of Israel's leading columnists, explains why "With Christian friends like these, the right-wing government in Israel does not need Jewish friends to rebuff political initiatives like the road map"

Akiva Eldar, Haaretz, April 7, 2003

A Palestinian arrested by the Palestinian Authority says he received a large amount of money by a Metropolite inside the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to assassinate Patriarch Erineos.

Athens, Mecodanian Press Agency, 4 April 2003

Peace in the Middle East is not an impossible dream to the Rev. Alex Awad. As a Palestinian Christian, Awad knows firsthand that not all Muslims hate Christians and not all Arabs hate Jews.
"Arabs and Jews are not eternal enemies," he said. "One day, the Palestinians and the Jews will live in the Middle East without fighting."

By Darice Williams, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, PA - 3 Apr 2003

Hanna Massad is the pastor of the only evangelical church on the Gaza Strip. He spoke at a John Brown University chapel service Thursday.

His hope was to portray Palestinians in a different light, to "show the other side of the coin, the one you don't see on CNN. They don't show you the root of the problem, only the symptoms."

No matter the outcome of this country's war with Iraq, Palestinians will resent Americans for their aggression against Arabs"

Fri, Apr 4, 2003, By Robin Mero

It could only happen with an American invasion. Poised behind the troops, waiting for a signal that Iraq is safe enough for them to operate in, are the evangelical Christians - carrying food in one hand and the Bible in the other.

Matthew Engel in Washington, Friday April 4, 2003, The Guardian

While news of war in Iraq are heard, the Jordan Bible Society is starting a big emergency relief project in Iraq

Special for Come and See, April 4, 2003