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• UN finds 40 new W. Bank roadblocks in two months

25-Sep-07 Haaretz,

Despite repeated promises to reduce the number of roadblocks in the West Bank, Israel has in fact added dozens of new ones, according to the United Nations.

(Read more here)

• Israeli electricity and fuel clampdown on Gaza condemned by church and aid groups

24-Sep-07 Ekklesia,

An Israeli government plan to suspend electricity and fuel to Gaza’s civilian population will severely impact local people’s health and wellbeing, harming peace and security in the area, church and development organisations say.

(Read more here)

• Report Card on Religious Freedom - United States Publishes Annual Survey

24-Sep-07 Zenit,

There has been progress toward reducing religious persecution and discrimination in the world, according to the latest annual report from the U.S. State Department.

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• Israel Denies Re-entry Visas to Holy Land Arab Christian Clergy

23-Sep-07 HCEF,

The Israeli Government has rescinded its policy of granting re-entry visas to Arab Christian ministers, priests, nuns and other religious workers who wish to travel in and out of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, according to information provided to the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) by Christian clergy in Jerusalem.

(Read more here)

• Back to Bethlehem

23-Sep-07 Clare Simon,

I haven’t worked out yet how to post a response to a comment, so I’ll have to do a new post.

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• Christian Zionists Want Palestinian Christians Out

23-Sep-07 Palestine Chronicle,

This story, related by Alex Awad, the Palestinian pastor of the East Jerusalem Baptist Church, poignantly reveals the extent to which some Christian voices invalidate the concrete historical realities of their Christian brothers and sisters living under occupation.

(Read more here)

• Conditions on the Ground: New Report from the UNOCHA: Settlement Expansion Major Obstacle to Peace

20-Sep-07 ELCJHL,

A key report just released from the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance cites 150 pages of documentation that the unrelenting expansion of Israel's settlement enterprise – despite repeated international calls to stop the illegal activity – has left the Palestinian territories in a fragmented, economically unsustainable state and probably precludes any hope of a viable two-state solution.

(Read more here)

• Amman Congregation Dedicates Community Center Al Khei-me-h

20-Sep-07 ELCJHL,

More than 400 people gathered in early September to celebrate the opening of the new community center – Al Khei-me-h (the Tent) – at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Amman, Jordan.

(Read more here)

• STATEMENT BY ARCHBISHOP FOUAD TWAL, COADJUTOR OF THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM

20-Sep-07 CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND WALES,

I would like to talk about what and whom I represent: the Christian community of the Holy Land which means for me Israel, Palestine and Jordan, and about its contribution to peace.

(Read more here)

• Israeli Authorities Deny Entry to Clergyman

20-Sep-07 JIC, Yusef Daher,

In a continuing demonstration of Israel’s arbitrary denial of entry policy, and disregard for the Palestinian population’s right to practice their religion and worship freely, Father Faris Khaleifat, priest of Ramallah’s Greek Catholic Melkite Church was barred entry to the West Bank on Friday, 14 September.

(Read more here)

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