A Greek Catholic priest from Nazareth felt the need to lead a group of Arabs and Jews to Auschwitz to understand each other.

He says:"We can't understand our conflict without understanding the history of the Jewish people, the Holocaust, and how it lives today," he said. "We cannot make peace until we understand the pain."

The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2003

Canadian peace volunteer who has been stationed in Hebron with Christian Peacemaker teams,was saved from deportation by a last-minute court injunction issued by the Israeli Supreme Court.

Canoe News, Canada, May 25, 2003

A Christian Palestinian businessman :"If we don't protect these 'living stones', there will be a time when people come here and all they see are the dead stones of the biblical ruins. We need American support to keep believers here..."

World Magazine, May 25, 2003

In his final official address to the church, the Rev. Fahed Abu-Akel used distinctly spiritual language in recounting his eventful year as moderator of the 214th General Assembly.

Worldwide Faith News, May 25, 2003

When worshippers of the Brethren Church in Nazareth arrived to the Bible Study meeting at Friday, they discovered four Molotov cocktails ("burning bottles") thrown at the exterior walls and roof of the building.

The Brethren Church meets in the upper floor of the building were Emmaus Bible School is located. This is related to the outrage between Muslims in Israel over a book that Emmuas Bible School had, which ridicules Islam's prophet Mohammad.
Earlier in the week, Emmaus Bible school issued an apology and clarification letter

Nazareth, Special for Come and See, May 12, 2003

Pope John Paul II has appointed Father Elias Michael Chacour as a consultant to the Holy See committee promoting dialogue between Christians and Jews, making him the first Palestinian to be appointed to the five-year post.

Chacour is the founder of the Mar Elias Educational Institutions in the town of Ibillin in the Galilee, and three-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize (1986, 1989 and 1994).

By ABIGAIL RADOSZKOWICZ, The Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2003

Ray and Rose Mary Register served for thirty years in Israel, mainly in Nazareth. Like the biblical wedding feast at Cana, "God saved the best wine for last for us".

To the new generation of missionaries, Register said: "Stay long enough to let Him do it."

By Manda Roten, Baptist Press, May 8, 2003

A man who called himself Mohammed, and who had recently visited the couple frequently under the pretext that he wanted to convert to Christianity, is the prime suspect in this attack.

Christianity Today Weblog, May 7, 2003

A book with the title "Who is the Greatest?" has caused the Islamic movement in Israel to publish large ads in the main Arab Israeli newspapers accusing Emmaus Bible school in Nazareth of being a part of a larger Zionist-American plot to combat Muslims all around the globe in inspiration of the American victory in Iraq.

These ads appeared in last Friday's newspapers and were accompanied by large reports and commentaries on the mentioned book , by Christian and Islamic figures alike.

Special for "Come and See", May 6, 2003