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Why There are Few Christians left in the Holy Town of Bethlehem

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: JONATHAN COOK It is another anxious Christmas for the inhabitants of Bethlehem. This is the time of year when they have a chance to break out of an isolation enforced in concrete since Israel enclosed the town with a “separation wall” more than a decade ago. On Christmas Eve, in a centuries-old … Continued

Can Christians Stay in the Middle East Despite Persecution?

SOURCE: AINA BY: ROBERT FISK So there I was this week, staring at a picture of the Virgin Mary, painted at Melitene (now Malatya in present-day Turkey), its real home in Damascus — since it belongs to the Syriac Patriarchate, but is currently kept in Lebanon because of the war — and stunned at Mary’s … Continued

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