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• Christians: The Forgotten Palestinians

01-Nov-00 c. 2000 Religion News Service, DALE HANSON BOURKE,

The stories of Middle East unrest and Palestinian-Israeli conflict sometimes seem synonymous with Jewish and Muslim tensions. Often forgotten in the equation are the Palestinian Christians, a historically significant group whose numbers have dwindled in the past half-century.

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• Arab Christians flee the Holy Land 'Peace Process' Increase Uncertainty

22-Oct-00 The Washington Times, Larry Witham,

The number of Arab Christians living in the Holy Land continues to dwindle and the Mideast peace effort has only made their status more uncertain, speakers at a conference here said yesterday.

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• Churches discuss access to holy sites with Palestinians

25-Jul-00 Jerusalem Post, By Eli Muller,

JERUSALEM (July 25) - The patriarchs of the Armenian, Greek Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches met with PLO official for Jerusalem Faisal Husseini in what Palestinian Authority officials described as an effort to involve the churches in the decision over Jerusalem's future.

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• Partition of sovereignty

24-Jul-00 Haarez newspaper, By Joseph Algazy,

You can find in the attached file a very good interview with Fr. Majdi Al-Syriani (one of our priests of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and our legal advisor) which was published today in the daily English edition of Haarez newspaper

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• HCEF President accompanies Papal Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

15-Jun-00 The Gazette, Effie Bathen,

Shrine of St. Jude lay minister
recalls Holy Land travels

In Jerusalem, while lunching with Pope John Paul II, a silly thought entered Rateb Rabie's mind.

Dare he ask, "Hey, Pope, please pass the salt?" He did not mean any disrespect, Rabie said. But he can still hardly believe that he and his wife, Rocio, actually traveled with the world leader on his landmark visit to the Holy Land in late March.

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• Christians Make Exodus From Land of Jesus's Birth

17-Mar-00 Washington Post Foreign Service, Lee Hockstader,

Like tens of thousands of Christians from Bethlehem, Nazareth and smaller towns in the Galilee, the Nassers have fled the land where Jesus was born and raised and where he preached.

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• 300 Rabbis in U.S. Group Say Jerusalem is Shareable

20-Jan-00 New York Times, Neil MacFarquhar,

"The question is whether the pursuit of both justice and peace requires that, in some form, Jerusalem be shared with the Palestinian people. We believe that it does."

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• Rabbinic Call for a Shared Jerusalem

19-Jan-00 Jewish Peace Lobby,

Full text statement by 300 Rabbis who say Israel must share Jerusalem.

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• American Committee on Jerusalem and Jewish Peace Lobby Sponsor Capitol Hill Symposium

01-Jan-00 The Washington Report for Middle East Affairs, Eugene Bird,

Dilemmas facing the final status negotiations on the city are the mix of populations and the lack of an agreed legal basis for sharing the city.

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• Can Christians in the Holy Land Survive the Millennium

01-Jan-00 The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, December 1999, Delinda C. Hanley,

"Israel's position that Jerusalem is the united eternal capital of Israel is well known in Congress:" Jahshan said. "What isn't known is the Palestinian position." Jahshan, who is also ACJ vice president, said the speakers hoped to clarify that position.

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