• TOP STORIES \ Apr 05, 2003
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    A Palestinian arrested by the Palestinian Authority says he received a large amount of money by a Metropolite inside the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to assassinate Patriarch Erineos.

    Athens, Mecodanian Press Agency, 4 April 2003

    An attempt to assassinate Patriarch Erineos
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 05, 2003
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    Peace in the Middle East is not an impossible dream to the Rev. Alex Awad. As a Palestinian Christian, Awad knows firsthand that not all Muslims hate Christians and not all Arabs hate Jews.
    "Arabs and Jews are not eternal enemies," he said. "One day, the Palestinians and the Jews will live in the Middle East without fighting."

    By Darice Williams, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, PA - 3 Apr 2003

    Minister says Mideast peace possible
  • PALESTINE \ Apr 04, 2003
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    Hanna Massad is the pastor of the only evangelical church on the Gaza Strip. He spoke at a John Brown University chapel service Thursday.

    His hope was to portray Palestinians in a different light, to "show the other side of the coin, the one you don't see on CNN. They don't show you the root of the problem, only the symptoms."

    No matter the outcome of this country's war with Iraq, Palestinians will resent Americans for their aggression against Arabs"

    Fri, Apr 4, 2003, By Robin Mero

    Palestinian Christian Urges Compassion
  • PERSIAN GULF \ Apr 04, 2003
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    It could only happen with an American invasion. Poised behind the troops, waiting for a signal that Iraq is safe enough for them to operate in, are the evangelical Christians - carrying food in one hand and the Bible in the other.

    Matthew Engel in Washington, Friday April 4, 2003, The Guardian

  • JORDAN \ Apr 04, 2003
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    While news of war in Iraq are heard, the Jordan Bible Society is starting a big emergency relief project in Iraq

    Special for Come and See, April 4, 2003

  • PALESTINE \ Apr 02, 2003
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    The American president and the English Prime minister were banned from entering the church where Jesus was born by the priest of the church because they are "war criminals"

    Arab48 web site, March 31, 2003


    Bush and Blair banned from entering the Nativity church forever
  • ISRAEL \ Mar 28, 2003
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    Haddad will be new Apostolic Administrator Named for Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee. Within a year, he will replace Bishop Botrus Muallem.

    According to "Come and See" sources, Archmandrite Emile Shoufany, head of the St. Joseph School in Nazareth has travelled to Rome to file a reservation, as he saw himself a candidate for this post. in 1998, Shoufani was a appointed for the post. PLO opposed his selection while Israel supported him. Sensing trouble, the Vatican refused to confirm Shoufani's appointment.

    Speical for Come and See, March 30, 2003

  • PALESTINE \ Mar 26, 2003
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    "Suddenly they began to fire at us. I turned back to my daughters who sat in the back seat. I shouted Christine, Christine, and she did not answer. There was no Christine". This is what Najwa Saada told Ynet, while sitting near the bed of her husband George in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, while not believing that she will burry her little daughter in the following day.

    Ynet, Yediot Ahronot web site, Efrat Weiss, May 26, 2003 (From Hebrew)

    Border Police opens fire on Christian family in Bethlehem
  • OPINION \ Mar 25, 2003
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    Rev. Dr. Bryson Arthur, Head of the Department of Theology and Holy Land Studies at Mar Elias University College in Ibillin, Israel writes about the war with Iraq:

    "One king, George Bush, made the statement with conviction ?We will hunt down these Killers?. The other King ? King Jesus also made the statement with conviction ?Forgive them for they no not what they do?

    Special for Come and See, March 25, 2003

    An Analysis of Creation & War