Haddad will be new Apostolic Administrator Named for Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee. Within a year, he will replace Bishop Botrus Muallem.

According to "Come and See" sources, Archmandrite Emile Shoufany, head of the St. Joseph School in Nazareth has travelled to Rome to file a reservation, as he saw himself a candidate for this post. in 1998, Shoufani was a appointed for the post. PLO opposed his selection while Israel supported him. Sensing trouble, the Vatican refused to confirm Shoufani's appointment.

Speical for Come and See, March 30, 2003

"Suddenly they began to fire at us. I turned back to my daughters who sat in the back seat. I shouted Christine, Christine, and she did not answer. There was no Christine". This is what Najwa Saada told Ynet, while sitting near the bed of her husband George in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, while not believing that she will burry her little daughter in the following day.

Ynet, Yediot Ahronot web site, Efrat Weiss, May 26, 2003 (From Hebrew)

Rev. Dr. Bryson Arthur, Head of the Department of Theology and Holy Land Studies at Mar Elias University College in Ibillin, Israel writes about the war with Iraq:

"One king, George Bush, made the statement with conviction ?We will hunt down these Killers?. The other King ? King Jesus also made the statement with conviction ?Forgive them for they no not what they do?

Special for Come and See, March 25, 2003

Beleaguered Arab Christians are finding their position among majority Muslim populations more precarious than usual as the US and UK pursue military action in Iraq.

BCC Reporter Martin Asser reports from Madaba, Jordan:
'When Bush talks about a "crusade" against terrorism in the Middle East, this is a big problem for us. The Americans should think what they say and what they do; they must remember that there are Christians here, and what they do affects us'.

By Martin Asser, March 24, 2003, BBC News Online, Madaba, Jordan

"There has been no persecution against Christians in Iraq until now. But there is fear among Christians now that if this secular and religiously tolerant regime goes, the fanatics and extremists will pop up," one Western envoy said.

Iraqi Christians had felt protected during 35 years of rule by the pan-Arab nationalist Baath Party, which was founded by Michel Aflaq, a Christian from Syria.

By Samia Nakhoul, Reuters, March 17, 2003

Saudi Arabia, as the birthplace of Islam, will not allow churches to be built on its land, according to Defense Minister Prince Sultan

AP, March 10, 2003

Saddam Hussein's Middle East region is home not only to 150 million Muslims but to a minority remnant of 10 million to 12 million Christians
Their heritage extends to the biblical beginnings depicted in the Book of Acts. The new faith quickly spread to Syria, where "the disciples were for the first time called Christians" (Acts 11:26), across present-day Turkey and into Europe and points eastward.

But in modern times, Christians' status in the region has long been precarious. The Iraq situation makes matters worse.

By Richard N. Ostling, AP Religion Writer March 08, 2003

The court postponed the destruction order issued by Nazareth Magistrate's Court last Thursday.

The square in Nazareth has become the source of tension between Christian and Muslim leaders and groups because of differing interpretations of its historic and spiritual importance

By Uri Ash, Haaretz, March 13

Philip, Abigail's father held a Bible and told the mourners in a choked voice of how he choose Abigail's name for its meaning in Hebrew, "father's joy."

The tragic death of Abigail in a terror attack was one of the first opportinuties the Israeli media is exposed to the tiny community of evangalicals living in the country

Special Reporter, Come and See, March 9, 2003