• ISRAEL \ Apr 16, 2003
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    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

  • ISRAEL \ Apr 08, 2003
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    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

    A faithful witness in Israel
  • ISRAEL \ Apr 07, 2003
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    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

    An unholy alliance with the Christian right
  • TOP STORIES \ Apr 05, 2003
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    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

    An attempt to assassinate Patriarch Erineos
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 05, 2003
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    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

    Minister says Mideast peace possible
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 04, 2003
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    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

    Palestinian Christian Urges Compassion
  • PERSIAN GULF \ Apr 04, 2003
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    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

  • JORDAN \ Apr 04, 2003
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    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

  • PALESTINE \ Apr 02, 2003
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    The American president and the English Prime minister were banned from entering the church where Jesus was born by the priest of the church because they are "war criminals"

    Arab48 web site, March 31, 2003


    Bush and Blair banned from entering the Nativity church forever