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• Bishops Brief Benedict XVI on Holy Land

15-Jan-08 Zenit,

Benedict XVI got a firsthand report of the situation of Christians in the Holy Land today.

(Read more here)

• Christian Aid gives cautious welcome to Bush commitment on Palestine

15-Jan-08 Ekklesia,

UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has welcomed US President George Bush’s statement on the Middle East calling for ‘an end to the occupation that began in 1967’, referring to Israel and Palestinian lands.

(Read more here)

• Over A Thousand Christians from Palestine And Around The World Celebrated Christmas And Commemorated The HCEF 10th Anniversary in The Annual Procession for Peace in Bethlehem

13-Jan-08 HCEF,

More than a thousand people attend HCEF ecumenical procession and prayer at the Church of the Nativity and share HCEF Staff and volunteer their 10th anniversary Celebration.

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• Miles niños y la comunidad cristiana celebran el decimo aniversario de HCEF con una plegaria ecuménica y una marcha para la paz en Belén

12-Jan-08 HCEF,

Domingo 13 de enero de 2008 a las 15, HCEF va a acoger una plegaria ecuménica con los jefes locales e internacionales de las iglesias, el alcalde de Belén, los de Beit Jala, Beit Sahour y de otras varias comunidades de la zona en la iglesia de St. Caterina de la Basílica de Belén.

(Read more here)

• Bond-Rockefeller Christmas Letter to Bush

12-Jan-08

We commend your efforts to reinvigorate the peace process with last month’s international meeting in Annapolis, and your vision of “two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.”

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• Church Coalition Welcomes Bond-Rockefeller Christmas Letter to Bush Highlighting Decline of Palestinian Christians and Need for Holy Land Peace

12-Jan-08

Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) welcomes the letter to President Bush sent today by Sens. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) and John "Jay" Rockefeller (D-WV) commending his efforts to reinvigorate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and bringing to his attention, ahead of the Christmas holiday, the rapid decline of the Palestinian Christian community.

(Read more here)

• Remarks By The President After Visit To Church of The Nativity

10-Jan-08

It's been a moving moment for me and the delegation to be here at the Church of the Nativity.

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• Underwriting the Conflict in Hebron

09-Jan-08 The American Prospect, Matthew Duss,

When it comes to U.S. fundraising for Israeli settlements, donating to the Hebron Fund is not merely an expression of support for Israel, it's a perpetuation of the systematic oppression of Palestinians.

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• Not From Jerusalem # 4

09-Jan-08 Russell O. Siler,

This latest letter takes a markedly different approach to the situation in the Holy Land. In fact it is so different that I hesitated a long time before plunging ahead.

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• Not From Jerusalem # 3

09-Jan-08 Russell O. Siler,

For the most part I grew up in the 1950s and 60s. During these two dramatically different decades most of the foundations were laid on which the building blocks of my personal spiritual, philosophical, and political self found solid footing.

(Read more here)

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