• PERSIAN GULF \ Aug 10, 2002
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    One newspaper said the international media had concentrated only on Muslim fundamentalism, forgetting that Christian fundamentalism was just as dangerous

    By Magdi Abdelhadi, BBC Arab affairs editor, Aug 8, 2002

  • ISRAEL \ Aug 07, 2002
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    Yad Le?Achim applied pressure on the Petach Tivka municipality in order to obtain the dismissal of Ze?ev Bern, a computer and computer systems technician serving the municipality?s schools. Ze'ev is a Jewish Believer in the Grace and Truth Christian Congregation in Rishon LeTsion.

    Baruch Maoz, Aug 7, 2002, Special for Come and See

    Christian dimissed from his job due to his religious beliefs
  • PALESTINE \ Aug 06, 2002
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    Finally, and after 10 months, the wife of pastor Hanna Masaad from Gaza Baptist Church has been allowed by the Israeli authorities to return home to re-unite with her husband.

    Special for Come and See, August 6, 2002

  • ISRAEL \ Jul 30, 2002
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    Long-seething tensions at the Jerusalem Anglican School have come to a head this week, with parents actively urging the rival American International School in Herzlia to expand its facility and take in their children.

    By Shoshana Kordova, Haaretz, July 28, 2002
    Parents worried by school's `overly-religious` approach
  • PALESTINE \ Jul 30, 2002
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    Rev. Jesse Jackson on Sunday urged Palestinians to focus on nonviolent resistance. Jackson was speaking in a sermon at St. Stephen's Dominican Church in Jerusalem's Old City.
    Jackson is heading a U.S. religious delegation on a five-day tour of the troubled region and is holding talks with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

    AP, Juky 29, 2002
    Jessie Jackson preaches nonviolence to Palestinian Christians
  • OTHER \ Jul 30, 2002
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    According to Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena: "This letter is going straight to the political authorities and saying: 'Hey, there are some of us who are not quite in sync with the loudest voices. And if you're motivated by a desire to please the evangelical community, you've got to know that some of us are not pleased by the heavy-handed favoring of the Israeli side in all of this.' "

    Washington Post, July 28, 2002

  • PALESTINE \ Jul 25, 2002
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    While the Israeli tanks were resting for few hours, Bethlehem Bible College was celebrating its 15th graduation. At last, after postponing the graduation several times because of the imposed curfew by the Israeli Military, the students were able to invest the few hours they had in order to celebrate their graduation at Thursday July 11.

    Special For Come and See, July 24, 2002

    Bible College celebrates graduation under Closure in Bethlehem
  • ISRAEL \ Jul 24, 2002
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    Father Gabriel Naddaf: "Father Atalla Hanna has been quoted in Arabic papers sympathizing with Hamas and calling for Palestinian Christians to become suicide bombers. Naddaf said Atalla says he denied the statements but Naddaf has never saw any of the denials published.

    Haim Shapiro, Jerusalem Post, Juky 23, 2002

    Division in local Greek Orthodox community
  • PALESTINE \ Jul 22, 2002
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    Alan Jones and Pastor Sam Gore from Collins Grove Baptist Church in Holly Springs, N.C. served as volunteers in Project Future and Hope, an effort to bring food and encouragement to Palestinian families hurt by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    Jesus wept in Bethany. Sam Gore did, too.

    Erich Bridges, Baptist Press, July 19, 2002

    Weeping with those who weep, where Jesus wept