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• Springtime Season in ELCJHL Schools / Sister Sylvia Countess, Assistant to the ELCJHL Schools' Director

24-May-07 ELCJHL,

The spring months are always busy ones for the Schools and Educational Programs of the ELCJHL. This year, as teachers and students prepared for the end of classes, final exams, and school summer tours, they also welcomed their families and friends to special school events.

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• Bishop Younan Invited to Speak at Club of Madrid Conference

24-May-07 ELCJHL,

A diverse group of forty religious and political leaders, scholars and government officials, from a range of Muslim and Western countries met in Oslo May 15-16 in a dialogue aimed at generating mutual respect and understanding.

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• The Urgency of Giving Peace a Chance

24-May-07 Dr. Bernard Sabella,

The current situation in the Palestinian Occupied Territories is not bearable nor is it tenable. Some would argue that the infighting between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is proof that Palestinians cannot govern themselves.

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• Benedict XVI Asks for End to Fighting in Gaza / Urges Both Sides to Increase Efforts for Peace

21-May-07 Zenit.org,

Benedict XVI urged "once again, in the name of God" an end to the violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and between Palestinian factions.

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• Bethlehem University in the Holy Land

17-May-07 Bethlehem University, Br. Jack Curran,

How is it that bad things happen to good people – and yet they in turn respond only with good deeds? Don’t you find that sometimes you are simply amazed and in awe when you see people respond to evil with good deeds?

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• Arab League Leader Visits Cardinal Bertone

17-May-07 Zenit.org,

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, received in audience the secretary-general of the Arab League and discussed the continuing strife in the Middle East.

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• Supporters and critics remember US evangelical leader Falwell

17-May-07 ENI,

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the US evangelical Christian leader, who both supporters and critics alike acknowledged was instrumental in building a conservative Christian movement as a potent political force in the United States, has died aged 73.

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• Christians to train in Israel advocacy

17-May-07 Jerusalem Post,

As the American Jewish community debates the pros and cons of a growing relationship between Jews and Christian supporters of Israel, the courtship is quietly growing more intimate.

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• Middle East Peace addressed by ecumenical coalition in Washington

15-May-07 Lucy Chumbley,

Twenty Episcopalians from around the country joined an ecumenical coalition in Washington, D.C., May 6-8 to press for sustained diplomatic engagement by the Bush Administration to bring a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and a negotiated resolution on the status of Jerusalem.

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• Cross-Cultural Fundamentalism

12-May-07 Ghassan Rubeiz,

In the brewing conflict between the US and the Arab world religious fanaticism plays a role. Religious zealots are on the military frontline in the Arab world and on policy boards in America.

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