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• Palestinian Christians in Solidarity with Muslims and Jews Condemn Christian Zionism as Heresy Predating Jewish Zionism

05-Nov-02 U.N. Observer and International Report, Paul Rafferty ,

Palestinian Christians took their message of Peace through mutual respect and understanding to the center of Christian Zionism, the United States. Ten days ago, the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) held its Fourth International Conference on the Christians of the Holy Land, in Washington, D.C.

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• The Other Minority

05-Nov-02 Lauren Gelfond,

JERUSALEM, October 31, 2002 (JP) -- Thousands of former Soviet citizens struggle to balance their identity as Orthodox Christians with their blood ties to the Jewish people.

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• Embattled Bethlehem: Leaders Seek American Christian Support

05-Nov-02 Orthodox Christian News Service, Inc., Kathleen Murphy,

WASHINGTON, DC, October 25, 2002 (OCNS) -- Church records kept by Franciscan Fathers in Bethlehem helped the city's current mayor, Hanna Nasser, to trace his family roots there back as far as 1609. Most Palestinian Christians have far older legacies in the Holy Land. They consider themselves converts of Jesus or St. Paul. But these days, long embattled, their continued presence there is threatened.

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• Christian Women: Lights in the War-Torn Holy Land

05-Nov-02 Orthodox Christian News Service, Inc., Kathleen Murphy,

WASHINGTON, DC, October 25, 2002 (OCNS) -- Stories from the Holy Land are replete with violence- Israeli bombings of refugee camps, Palestinian suicide bombs of busses, Israeli assassinations of emerging Arab leaders, Palestinian attacks on settlers, ceaseless Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land, and exasperating leaders on both sides of the Green Line.

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• Christian Coalition Abandonment of Palestinian Christians is Hypocritical

29-Oct-02 Sherri Muzher ,

MICHIGAN (PINA) - Recently, the Christian Coalition held a rally in Washington DC to re-capture the "glory days" when it held considerable power in the 1990s Republican political arena.

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• Senior Cleric Bemoans Flight Of Palestinian Christians

25-Oct-02 The Daily Star, George S. Hishmeh,

'What is happening today is so inhuman'

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• Local Youth Raise Fund to Help Fellow Students in the Holy Land

02-Jun-02 Catholic Standard, Henrietta Gomes,

After learning about the ongoing persecution of Christians, including children, in the Holy Land the fourth-grade class of St. Mary's School in Piscataway was deeply touched. They wanted to improve the lives of those children in any way

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• Palestinian Christians suffer in Holy Land

27-Mar-02 The Catholic Telegraph, Eileen Connelly, OSU,

ARCHDIOCESE - Stories of unrest in the Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict abound in the daily new reports, keeping us well informed on Jewish and Muslim tensions. Yet, largely unknown to many Americans is the plight of Palestinian Christians, who have lived under military occupation for more than 50 years, and now face daily injustice, violence and desperate living conditions.

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• To Help Palestinian Christians, Detroit Archdiocese Launches Scholarship Plan

31-Oct-01 Catholic Standard, William Murray,

Archdiocese of Detroit officials are launching a three-year plan to raise $900,000 to educate Palestinian children and help halt the exodus of Christians from the Holy Land, an officials announced Saturday afternoon at a conference.

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• Prayers in Rome

13-Sep-01 Inside the Vatican, John Drogin,

John Paul II perseveres in prayer VATICAN CITY, September 12, 2001 -- Pope John Paul II began his General Audience this morning by expressing "profound sorrow at the terrorist attacks which yesterday brought death and destruction to America, causing thousands of victims and injuring countless people

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