• TOP STORIES \ Apr 25, 2002
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    American Christians urged to 'pray for the peace of Jerusalem' - One initiative aims to recruit 1 million American believers and 100,000 churches to daily prayer, the Israeli Consulate General in New York has opened its doors to Christians wanting to pray for peace in the country.
    A Palestinian Christian urge Christians to pray for his people too.

    Charisma News and Come and See, April 24, 2002

    Prayer Efforts Focus on Israel and neglect Palestinians
  • ISRAEL \ Apr 25, 2002
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    Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says the United States should leverage economic and military aid to Israel to persuade the Jewish state to withdraw from Palestinian lands in exchange for Middle East peace.

    VOA News, 21 Apr 2002
  • ISRAEL \ Apr 22, 2002
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    Messianic leaders in Israel appeal to Christians worldwide to stand with Israel:
    "We are in a fight for our lives and with each passing day the world comes against us with more venom and hatred. We are fighting not only demonized flesh but powers and principalities, the father of lies"

    Special For Come and See, April 23, 2002

    Messianic Jewish leaders:Appeal for help for Israel
  • OPINION \ Apr 22, 2002
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    An Israeli Journalist describes the current relations between Israel and the different Christian churches around the world, in light of the currrent crisis in the church of nativity

    By Eliyahu Salpeter, Haaretz, April 24, 2002

    The Church of the Nativity and Jewish-Christian Relations
  • OTHER \ Apr 19, 2002
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    SAT-7 continues to broadcast a message of hope to a region that is in "grief and shock"

    By Dan Wooding, ASSIST News Service, April 18, 2002

    Bringing the Message of Hope to Middle East
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 18, 2002
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    Israeli soldiers entered Ramallah's Lutheran School of Hope on Tuesday (April 16), reportedly breaking down doors, shattering glass and wielding sledgehammers

    By Elaine Ruth Fletcher, RNS, April 16, 2002
  • ISRAEL \ Apr 17, 2002
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    Eirinaios won the August elections, defeating two opponents, both of whom Israel backed. Israel opposed Eirinaios's competing for the post due to "security reasons."

    Haaretz, April 17, By Baruch Kra

    Greek Orthodox patriarch finally gets government approval
  • FEATURES \ Apr 15, 2002
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    A new generation of potential missionaries needs to hear the fearless voice of Finlay Graham, Southern Baptists' first missionary to Lebanon. Graham, founder of the Arab Baptist seminary in Beirut, served nearly 40 years in the always-volatile Middle East

    Baptist Press News, April 12, 2002
    Finlay Graham followed God despite Mideast challenges
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 15, 2002
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    According to Rev. Alex Awad: "Christian families who never thought of leaving the country will now seek a way out, thus endangering the very presence of Christianity in the city that witnessed the birth of Christ".

    By United Methodist News Service, April 10, 2002
    Christians in Holy Land send letter to Powell