Former U.S president Jimmy Carter is winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee selected the 39th president of the United States for his "vital contribution" to the historic Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and his continuing efforts to resolve conflicts around the world and promote human rights.

by Associated Baptist Press, October 16, 2002

Debate has raged among American Jews about their new alliance with evangelical Christians, who in the past two years have shown themselves to be Israel's most vocifeous supporters in the United States (maybe in the world). The issue has recently reached the Chief Rabbinate Council in Israel.

By Yair Sheleg, Haaretz, October 16, 2002

"Anybody who's trying to build bridges between these cultures -- all their work is immediately torpedoed by these kinds of statements," ,says an American Muslim scholar

by Washington Post, October 15, 2002

In a wonderful ending to the story of Dauod (see below),the Palestinian Christian young man (a son of a pastor in the West Bank) who was denied a job at the Christian university he studies in the U.S. because he is a Palestinian, "Come and See" got this e-mail from the father: " ...Your prayers, e-mails and phone calls where a blessing to David in the States ... "

Special for Come and See, October 14, 2002

Dawod is the son of a pastor from the West Bank who has risked his life few times for the name of Jesus.
Dawod is currently studying in a Christian University in the USA. He writes a letter to his parents describing how difficult it is for him to find a job since he is a Palestinian.
We bring in the exact email and the reply from his parents. We omitted the names and the name of the University

Special for Come and See, October 9, 2002

Amnon Rubinstein is one of the leading Professors of International Law in Israel. He quit the Kenesset lately after 20 years of active work with Meretz and Shinoi.
He writes an interesting article about the Christians in Israel.

By Amnon Rubinstein, Haaretz, October 4, 2002

A New York Times Artcile discribes the weird situation where Evangalical Christians and American Jews support Israel for two different reasons.
"This is a grim comedy of mutual condescension," says a Jewish scholar. "The evangelical Christians condescend to the Jews by offering their support before they convert or kill them. And the conservative Jews condescend to Christians by accepting their support while believing that their eschatology is nonsense. This is a fine example of the political exploitation of religion."

By Maureen Dowd, Washinton, New York Times, October 6, 2002

Metro Detroit has about 33,000 residents from Ramallah, most of them Christian. Today, less than 50,000 Palestinian Christians live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

BY NIRAJ WARIKOO, Detroit Free Press, Sep 27, 2002

An Editorial at the Jerusalem Post describes the roots and the evolution of the support Israel is getting from Evangalical Christians.

"Bible-believing Christians throughout the US hold firm views regarding the State of Israel's role in the divine plan for history and, more than ever before, they have begun to put their money, and their political clout, to work on its behalf."

Jerusalem Post, Sep 24, 2002