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• PALESTINE / ISRAEL PRINCIPLES FOR A JUST PEACE

02-Mar-07 Bishop Raymond Field,

It is my pleasure to formally welcome you to this launch of an important position paper from the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs (a commission of the Catholic Bishops Conference)...

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• Palestinian Christians: Historical Demographic Developments, Current Politics and Attitudes Towards Church, Society and Human Rights

01-Mar-07 Dr. Bernard Sabella,

The Sabeel Survey undertaken in the Summer of 2006 of Palestinian Christians in both the West Bank and Israel has presented new material for understanding the responses of the Christian communities to a variety of issues.

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• Lenten Message of Patriarch of Jerusalem

28-Feb-07 Patriarch Micheal Sabbah,

"Build a New Life and a New Society For All"

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• Time for a Palestinian National Agenda of Reconstruction and Peacemaking

28-Feb-07 Dr. Bernard Sabella,

We Palestinians have grown accustomed to complain and there are a myriad of reasons why we should continue on this course.

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• UN alarm at Palestinian poverty

23-Feb-07 BBC News, Alan Johnston,

In a courtyard off a back street in Gaza City, sunlight streams through the leaves of a pair of olive trees and children play beneath their branches.

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• The Bishop to Palestinian National Unity Conference Use Wisdom not Weapons

23-Feb-07 ELCJHL,

Bishop Younan urged Palestinians to "use brains, sanity, dialogue and non-violence and not arms to deal with differences" at a national conference recently.

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• Heads of Churches Issue Statement Denouncing Palestinian Violence

23-Feb-07 ELCJHL,

In early January, Bishop Younan and 12 other Jerusalem church leaders issued a "call to unity" expressing deep concern about deteriorating relations between Fatah and Hamas leaders in the Palestianian Authority.

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• Heads of Local Churches Visit Haram al Sharif After Clashes about Excavations

23-Feb-07 ELCJHL,

Heads of local churches paid a solidarity visit to Muslim clerics and leaders after recent clashes on the Temple Mount after prayer.

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• Salaam and grace to you from Jerusalem, City of Peace

23-Feb-07 ELCJHL,

We have said it before but we will say it again. If there ever was a time for peace – with justice – it is now.

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• Holy Land Bishop Urges Palestinians: Use Brains, Not Arms

15-Feb-07 ENI,

Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has urged Palestinians to "Use brains, sanity, dialogue and non-violence and not arms to deal with differences".

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