Melchior said the intifada, and particularly Israeli incursions into Beit Jala and Bethlehem, has also worsened Israel's relations with the Christian world -

Gideon Alon, Haaretz, Dec 5, 2001

The statement, signed by the heads of all the historic churches "shows the country cannot be trusted to respect any religion's holy places and the need for international guarantees"

By Haim Shapiro, Jerusalem Post, November 29, 2001

The official conversion of Italy's ambassador was made on the eve of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, which began on November 16 in Saudi Arabia.

November 26, 2002, Yahoo News, By Luke Baker

The Garden Tomb Association, based in Britain, has now reduced staffing, shortened the opening hours and suspended the open-air Sunday morning service for the winter months

Assist News Service, Nov 23, 2001

The Cardinal who is in Israel until Thursday to "promote dialogue between Jews and Christians," told officials that the mosque "might generate problems in the state of Israel."

Catholic News, November 23, 2001

Yad Le'Achim, an organization sponsored by the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, is going to court to halt construction of a congregational center for a growing church in southern Israel.

By LaTonya Taylor, Christianity Today, Nov 15, 2001

Israel has said it has ordered the halt to the construction of a mosque at a site near the Christian Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, a project that has angered the Vatican.

CNN, November 15, 2001

"Do not leave us Christians of the Holy Land alone," implored Fr Vicenzo Ianniello, secretary of the Catholic Custody of the Holy Land


Catholic News, Nov 13, 2001