The Samaritans , best known for the parable of the Good Samaritan, total now 636 and are geographically split between Israel and the Palestinian authority.
Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, April 9, 2001; Page A13

Suha Arafat, wife of Yasser Arafat, was born to a Christian Family. She converted to Islam in 1990 and will make a pilgrimage to Mecca this week.
Apirl 2, 2001, Haaretz, By Danny Rubinstein

Charges of conspiration and fraud in a purchase of 520 dunam (130 acres) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Church lands in Jerusalem including charges of stamping contracts and power of attorney documents with the church?s seal and forging the Patriarch?s signature.
Globes, 29th of March, 2001

At Israel's request, the Unesco is sending Prof. Oleg Grabar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University as a special envoy to Jerusalem to investigate the reports of Islamic Wakf construction work on the Temple Mount
Jerusalem Post,10th April,2001

Sharon checks mosque plans, after being approached by George W. Bush
Based upon Ha'aretz 28th,March,2001

Republican House Whip Tom DeLay adds to the increasing pressure from members of Congress as well as evangelical Christian and civil rights activists on the Bush adminstration to focus more on Sudan
Los Angeles Times ,March 25th,2001

Article By Salim J. Munayer, PhD
Musalaha - Ministry of Reconciliation
P.O. Box 52110, Jerusalem 91521, Israel,

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir renews his appeal for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon while Syria says their presence is necessary for the stability of the country.
BBC,27th March,2001

Moslems want to build a big mosque near the church of Annunciation in Nazareth, Israeli's largest Arab city. Moslems pray in a tent on the disputed land since December 1997
BBC(Arabic) 23rd March,2001