A Guardian interview shocks the UK's Jewish community:

"Israel is adopting a stance "incompatible" with the deepest ideals of Judaism, and the current conflict with the Palestinians is "corrupting" Israeli culture".

Jonathan Freedland, August 27, The Guardian

Lybia is one of the most restrictive countries in the world and forbids evangelism of nationals. Churches are allowed among the nation's large expatriate workforce only

Matranatha Christian Journal, August 27, 2002

Police on Thursday detained Father Atallah Hanna, a senior official of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, on suspicion he expressed support for terrorist organizations and illegally entered an enemy country.

By Baruch Kra, Ha'aretz and AP, August 22, 2002

One newspaper said the international media had concentrated only on Muslim fundamentalism, forgetting that Christian fundamentalism was just as dangerous

By Magdi Abdelhadi, BBC Arab affairs editor, Aug 8, 2002

Yad Le?Achim applied pressure on the Petach Tivka municipality in order to obtain the dismissal of Ze?ev Bern, a computer and computer systems technician serving the municipality?s schools. Ze'ev is a Jewish Believer in the Grace and Truth Christian Congregation in Rishon LeTsion.

Baruch Maoz, Aug 7, 2002, Special for Come and See

Finally, and after 10 months, the wife of pastor Hanna Masaad from Gaza Baptist Church has been allowed by the Israeli authorities to return home to re-unite with her husband.

Special for Come and See, August 6, 2002

Long-seething tensions at the Jerusalem Anglican School have come to a head this week, with parents actively urging the rival American International School in Herzlia to expand its facility and take in their children.

By Shoshana Kordova, Haaretz, July 28, 2002

Rev. Jesse Jackson on Sunday urged Palestinians to focus on nonviolent resistance. Jackson was speaking in a sermon at St. Stephen's Dominican Church in Jerusalem's Old City.
Jackson is heading a U.S. religious delegation on a five-day tour of the troubled region and is holding talks with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

AP, Juky 29, 2002

According to Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena: "This letter is going straight to the political authorities and saying: 'Hey, there are some of us who are not quite in sync with the loudest voices. And if you're motivated by a desire to please the evangelical community, you've got to know that some of us are not pleased by the heavy-handed favoring of the Israeli side in all of this.' "

Washington Post, July 28, 2002