A RUSTY old bicycle on which a courageous French woman pedalled around southern France almost 60 years ago to denounce the Nazi persecution of Jews is to take pride of place at Israel's Holocaust Memorial centre. This women had volunteered to hand-deliver a message by a bicycle to more than 40 parishes calling on Catholics to protect the Jews.
The Daily Telegraph,March 25th,2001

Muslims want to build a mosque on a land near the church of announciation. Dispute is unsloved for more than 4 years.
Religion Today, March 14, 2001

Pope of Copts calls to boycott Israel and says he will visit Jerusalem only on the invitation of the Palestinian authourity.
Syria Times,1st of March,2001

Khatami: Muslims and followers of other religions should observe coexistence with Orthodox christians and work for development and progress of Russia. Tehran Times,15th March 2001

Church Planting Movements In The Holy Land

Author: Dr. Ray Register

Egyptians coming to know the Lord in a Cave Church in one of Cairo?s garbage dumps where thieves and drug addicts once gathered .
CBN ,March 29, 2001

Cardinal Cassidy: The Catholic Church does not consider the faith of Israel one among the other religions of the world. Judaism had an absolutely special relationship with Christianity.
Jeruslaem Post, 14-th of March, by Haim Shapiro

Both Hospitals run by the Anglican Church (in Jerusalem and in Nablus in the West Bank) are facing great pressure and difficulties because of the political situation
Anglican Journal,March 2001

U.S state department report claims that Jordan practises some restrictions on freedom of religion including prohobition on any incouragment of conversion to Christianity and lack of recognition of some Christian denominations By Alia Shukri Hamzeh, Jordan Times, 9-10 March, 2001