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Bishops equate Israel's actions to Holocaust
By Eldad Beck
March 6, 2007
Time for a Palestinian National Agenda of Reconstruction and Peacemaking
By Dr. Bernard Sabella
February 25, 2007
A child of Bethlehem
From The Economist print edition
December 19, 2006
Bethlehem and the Gaza Strip: 'two of the largest open prisons in the world'
By Bishop William Kenney CP
January 23, 2007
Mideast Lutheran bishop sees hope for peace, with help
NCC News
February 1, 2007
A regime of ordinances and prohibitions has emptied the roads of the West Bank
By: Amira Hass, Haaretz
January 19, 2007
Patriarchs and Heads of Local Christian Churches in Jerusalem
January, 2007
On the Wrong Side of the Clash of Civilizations
Israel's Purging of Palestinian Christians

By JONATHAN COOK
January 9, 2007
Bethlehem sees a Christian exodus
BY JOEL GREENBERG
December 24, 2006
For Palestinian women soccer players, a field is a dream
By Amelia Thomas | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
December, 2006
Is Christianity dying in the birthplace of Jesus?
By GREGORY KATZ
December , 2006
Face to faith
By Alan McDonald
December 23, 2006
Eingemauertes Fest
By Johannes Zang
December 21, 2006
'We are facing the hardest Christmas yet'
By Rory McCarthy - Guardian (UK)
December 21, 2006
Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine
By Jimmy Carter
December 8, 2006
Go now to Bethlehem
By Della Shenton
December 16, 2006
Former U.S. Senator: Support for Israel in Congress is Based on Fear
By James Abourezk
December 11, 2006
APARTHEID
Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped

By JOHN DUGARD
November 29, 2006
40% of settlements built on Arab land, study finds
By Yair Sheleg, Haaretz
November 21, 2006
Warum die "besonderen Beziehungen" zwischen Deutschland und Israel überdacht werden müssen
November 15, 2006

Why the “special relationship” between Germany and Israel has to be reconsidered
November 15, 2006

The limits of civil obedience
By Boas Evron
November 24, 2006
“Sharon, Why Did You Destroy My House?”: Operation Rainbow a Year Later
November 4, 2006
Bethlehem Pastor receives top award from German Muslim institute
November 13, 2006
DINO-Mitglied Mitri Raheb erhält Friedenspreis
November 13, 2006
Grossman's Dilemma
By Uri Avnery
November 18, 2006
No One is Guilty in Israel
By Gideon Levy (Ha'Aretz)
November 12, 2006
Dr.Kukali Poll No 159
November 7, 2006
Historic Black Churches Delegation to Holy Land Finds Pain and Hope
November 9, 2006
Bethlehem Christians flee tensions
By Matthew Price
November 3, 2006
Breaking the silence: Israeli soldiers speak out
By Christopher Brown
November 12, 2006

Not only the right to worship is sacred
By Amira Hass
25/10/2006

An empty car
By Gideon Levy
October 23, 2006

Hate Does Not Come Easy” – Home Demolition in East Jerusalem
By an ISM volunteer
22.10.06
Poll No. 158
by Dr. Nabil Kukali

18 October 2006
Morgen wird alles schlimmer. Berichte aus Palästina und Israel.
Amira Hass

September 2006

ISRAELI PROF TO QUIT POST IN PROTEST OVER "SECURITY" Wall
By Penelope Debelle
Oct. 11, 2006

Ehud von Olmert
Uri Avnery
19.10.06

Exhibition on '1000 Peace Women Across the Globe' opened by a Palestinian Peace Woman 
MaanNews
23 / 10 / 2006  

Because of a Small Nail
Uri Avnery
September 30, 2006
Towards a Comprehensive Settlement of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Education or mind infection?
By Nurit Peled-Elhanan
September 27, 2006
Things Go Better With Rights
By ZAHI KHOURI
September 30, 2006

The sad story of my friend Sam

Not an internal Palestinian matter
By Amira Hass

Palestinians Together Against Church Attacks
Dr. Bernard Sabella
September 25, 2006

“Mummy, do you know how much I love you?”
Lama Hourani, Gaza City
September 24, 2006

In the name of security, but not for its sake
By Amira Hass
20 September, 2006
A roadblock army
By Yechiam Weitz
Ynetnews
09.19.06

Help!  Peacemongers!
By Uri Avnery
September 16, 2006

A concert cry severs the silence
By Noam Ben-Ze'ev

Kultur als Kunst, zu atmen
Dr. Mitri Raheb, Pfarrer der ev. Weihnachtskirche in Bethlehem

Living deaths
By Shahar Ilan

Chutzpah
By
Uri Avnery
9.9.06

Woman leaders at UN call for renewed Israeli-Palestinian talks
By The Associated Press

"Ich kann nicht mehr schweigen"

"Left, But…"
By Uri Avnery
September 9, 2006
Genozid in Gaza
Ilan Pappe; The Eletronic Intifada
September 2, 2006
The final place of refuge for Christians in the Middle East is under threat
By William Dalrymple; Guardian
September 2, 2006
Nacht über Gaza
Von Gideon Levy, Haaretz
September 3, 2006
Fed up with the whiners
By Gideon Levy
August 27, 2006
From Beirut: letter two
By Rev. Paul Haidostian
August 28, 2006
From Beirut: letter one
By Rev. Paul Haidostian
August 16, 2006
Voices across the divide
By Rami Khouri
August 6, 2006
It is time for all to turn away from anger and vengeance and seek justice
By Rt. Rev. Munib Younan
July 24, 2006
Arrogance of Power
By Dr. Bernard Sabella
August 5, 2006
A FEW HOPEFUL SIGNS
By James Zogbye
August 7, 2006
An Open Letter to Condoleezza Rice
The Palestinian NGOs Network
July 24, 2006
The spirit of the King David Hotel
By Tom Segev
 July 23, 2006
 
A letter from Peter J. Nagle M.A.R
July 7, 2006
Who started?
By Gideon Levy

June 9, 2006
Author Mario Vargas Llosa: I'm ashamed to be Israel's friend
By Gideon Levy, Haaretz Correspondent

June, 2006
Israel bars Palestinian Americans for first time since 1967
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
July 11, 2006
Watching Gaza: "The Genovese Syndrome"
By
James Zogby, President Arab American Institute
July, 2006
Look who's been kidnapped
By Israeli reservist Arik Diamant, Yedioth Ahronoth 
July 5, 2006
Army May Ban Tourists From Holy Sites
By
Freda Guttman
July 10, 2006
IDF bars East J'lem residents from using Bethlehem crossing
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent

June 30, 2006
Das Schweigen Europas
Ein Plädoyer im Interesse Israels

By
Judith Bernstein
June, 2006
Mon Dieu, Mondial!
(Balls instead of Bullets)

By Uri Avnery
June 24, 2006
Shkedi, go home
By Gideon Levy
June , 2006
A Duplicitous Referendum
Setting the Record Straight on Hamas

By Jennifer Loewenstein
June 11, 2006

Das letzte Tabu
By
Von John Pilger
June 7, 2006

Meeting Hamas
By Uri Avnery
June 3, 2006

Israeli Shelling of Gaza
This week in Palestine…..
Behind the news with Hanna Siniora
June 11,  2006

We must wake up
By David Grossman
June 11, 2006
Oh, What A Wonderful Plan!
By Uri Avnery
June 10, 2006
Right of Return to Palestine
By Gershon Baskin*
May 16,  2006
Dialogue and Convergence: Not sequenced – only in Parallel
IPCRI
May 16, 2006
COUNTDOWN TO APARTHEID
By Jeff Halper
May  2006

May 18,  2006

April 27, 2006
April  2006

Jewish activists bring Jerusalem's Arab history to life for Nakba Day
May 18, 2006

The country that wouldn't grow up

Palestinian Christians suffer, too
April  2006
Poll: Most Palestinians want talks with Israel

Hungry And Shell-Shocked
by Amira Hass
April 27, 2006

May 07, 2006
May 02, 2006


May 06, 2006

Swedens Cynical SilenceMay  2006

April 22, 2006
The last conquest of Jerusalem
Cat answers critics with global ad push
By Bob Tita
April 03, 2006
The Big Wink
By Uri Avnery
April 8, 2006
The Daily Reality of Palestinians who Work in Jerusalem but Live outside the City Boundaries
by Basma
April, 2006
There is no hunger in Gaza
By Gideon Levy
April 9, 2006
Let Hamas do its work
By Zvi Bar'el
April 2,2006
A tiny state ten minutes from Armon Hanatziv
By Meron Rapoport
April 3, 2006
Intertwined debates on two sides
By Amira Hass

March 29, 2006
Christian heads in Israel, PA warn against unilateral moves
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent
March 30, 2006
A nation of beggars
By Amira Hass
The Rachel's Tomb area is undergoing final wall constructions
ARIJ
March 2006
Israel’s E1 Plan: Isolating East Jerusalem
MIFTAH
March 18, 2006
Hamas hofft auf ein Friedensabkommen
JOHANNES ZANG
March 18, 2006
Avoiding 'Ambiguity' on the Right to Exist
By Jerome M. Segal
March 18, 2006
Watching the Dissolution of Palestine
By Jennifer Loewenstein
March 18, 2006
Cutting of the Jordan Valley
Ha’aretz
A Disgusting Exercise
By Uri Avnery
March 18, 2006
A Four-Letter Word
By Uri Avnery
March 14, 2006
Zionists Without Umbilical Cords
By Leonard Fein
March 18, 2006
Israel's Raid on the Jericho Jail
By JONATHAN COOK
March 15, 2006
Baut Brücken, nicht Mauern!
By Miss MISSELWITZ
Beim Don Camillo von Palästina
By JOHANNES ZANG
March 11, 2006
As the Hamas team laughs
By Gideon Levy
The story of the trees 
By by Adam Keller
The Response to Racism is Humanity
By Rami G. Khouri
February 16, 2006 
Die Politologin Helga Baumgarten hält es für möglich, dass sich die radikal-islamische Hamas in der ...
By Hans-Joachim Wiese
February 18, 2006
In Ze'evi's Footsteps
By Amira Hass
February 16, 2006
Brothers in arms - Israel's secret pact with Pretoria
By Chris McGreal - Guardian
February 7, 2006
Worlds apart
By Chris McGreal - Guardian
February 6, 2006

Die israelischen Besatzungskräfte schließen den Gilo 300 Terminal.
Die Gefangenschaft der Bewohner Bethlehems. 7. Februar 2006

What Actually Happened in the Election?
By Peter J. Nagle, M.A.R.

Hamas and Us
By Gila Svirsky

'Schwierige Zeiten' von Rainer Zimmer-Winkel
By Rainer Zimmer-Winkel

The Aftermath of the Shock
By Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
January 27, 2006
What Hillary Clinton Doesn't Know About Palestine
Eyeless in Gilo

By KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON. Former CIA analysts
January 5, 2006
Robert Fisk’s Farewell to Ariel Sharon
Extracted from The Great War For Civilisation
The Independent, January 6, 2006
Palestinian Christians
By Martin E. Marty
Robert Fisk: Why not call a wall a wall?
By Robert Fisk, Star Tribune
The Writing on the Wall (6)
A series of interviews by Toine van Teeffelen with Palestinians who live close to the Wall.
The Independent, January 6, 2006
Arab American Media Syndicate, Permission granted to republish
By Ray Hanania
Jan. 6, 2006
Warm and Fuzzy TV, Brought to You by Hamas
By Craig S. Smith
January 19, 2006
In the latest poll conducted on the eve of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections
By Dr. Nabil Kukali
Removing barriers to peace in the Mideast
 By Rev. Kathleen M. Neeley
Dec. 27, 2005
It wasn't the Grinch
By Sandra Olewine
Dec. 28, 2005
Bethlehem more than a manger scene
By Phil Haslanger
Dec. 24, 2005
Bil'in residents set up 'outpost' west of separation fence
By Meron Rapoport
Dec. 21, 2005
Children in New York, Bethlehem, exchange Christmas cards
By Mel Lehman
Dec. 15, 2005
Bethlehemer Pfarrer ruft Christen zu Solidaritنtsreisen auf
Dec. 12, 2005
Trees, wind and the voiceless
The Closing day of the International Conference
Shaping Communities in Times of Crisis

By Phil Haslanger
November 13, 2005
The wall cannot stop their stories
By Phil Haslanger
November 11, 2005
The opening of the International Conference
Shaping Communities in Times of Crisis

By Phil Haslanger
November 8, 2005
Divestment
By James M. Wall
November 15, 2005
International Teen Program Fosters Hope and Builds Bridges in War-Torn Palestine
By Stacy Severson
November 2, 2005
Christian Arabs offer lots of talk but no action
By Ray Hanania
October 1, 2005
SETTING UP ABBAS
By Jeff Halper
October 8, 2005
The Pullout of Gaza will not make us forget Sabra and Shatila Mr Sharon
By Xavier Abu Eid
September 17, 2005
Monotheistic Religions: Complementary or Contradictory?
By Zack Sabella
September 14, 2005
LWF Council Urges Israel to End Occupation of Palestinian Territories
By LWI
September 6, 2005
Deadly romance
an interview with Raed Abu Sahliyeh, Taybeh’s Latin Parish Priest
September 7, 2005
Rage Followed Forbidden Affair in Taybeh
By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D.
September 13, 2005
The Israeli policy over Jerusalem, Peace for Peace?
By Xavier Abu Eid
September 2, 2005
Twilight Zone / Mean Streets
By Gideon Levy
September 9, 2005
SHARON IS WINNING
By Dr. James J. Zogby
August 29, 2005
The Remaining 99.5 Percent
By Amira Hass
August 24, 2005
U.S. Lutherans criticize Israeli security wall
By Barbara Liston
August 13, 2005

Israel's Evacuation: Frequently Asked Questions
By Diana Buttu, the Palestinian Technical Team
August 12, 2005

Communion Ware Journeys from Bethlehem to Orlando ELCA Assembly
By John R. Brooks
August 5, 2005
Churches raise pressure on firms in Israel
By Jane Lampman
August 9, 2005
Taybeh October Fest in Palestine
By Maria C. Khoury, Ed. D.
July 23, 2005
The London Bombings and the Media
By Sean Hawkey, London
July 22, 2005
Call For Action: Israeli forces demolished the entire village of Tana
July 14, 2005
That's A Lot of Zeros
July 15, 2005
Kenyan Anglican church backs Israel divestment call
By: Fredrick Nzwili
July 5, 2005
Palestinians seek EU help to stop settlement spread
By Donald Macintyre
July 11, 2005
The reflection in the mirror
By Shai Niv
July 7, 2005
UCC adopts divestment proposal
By Sam Ser
July 6, 2005
Apartheid Wall Foundations Dismantled in Bil’in: The Resistance Continues
June 24, 2005
Fort Worth Star-Telegram covers June tour
By Bob Ray Sanders
June 29, 2005
Anglican share vote angers Israelis
By Vikram Dodd
June 25, 2005
Postcards from Palestine 4
Bethlehem project helps children express fears creatively

By Augusta de Piero
June 13, 2005
Postcards from Palestine 5
Children of war victims in more ways than one

By Augusta de Piero
June 21, 2005
One Jerusalem for Two Nations
By Danny Rubinstein 
June 11, 2005
Divestiture of Funds that Support Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories
June 11, 2005
Mitri Raheb schildert in seinem neuen Buch die Notsituation in seiner Heimatstadt
 Pressespiegel von Donnerstag
June 16, 2005
US Christian leaders meet Palestinian Authority head
June 5, 2005
Anglicans to consider Israeli divestment
Unclear how action would affect Communion’s 38 provinces
by Robert Nowell
June 2, 2005
Separation Wall in the Bethlehem Area 
The Humanitarian Impact of the West Bank Barrier on Palestinian Communities/United Nations
May, 2005
DIE ZEIT
By Juliane von Mittelstaedt
May 24, 2005
AS AIPAC MEETS
Dr. James J. Zogby
May 23, 2005
A vote for Bethlehem
Town council elections in Bethlehem for Arabs and Christians. A Councilor talks
Augusta De Piero
May 30, 2005
On Good Intentions
Omar Tesdell
May 17, 2005
Postcards from Palestine 3
Olives of Peace. Alive despite everything
Augusta De Piero
May 20, 2005
Postcards from Palestine 2
War brings with it the dramatic stories of refugees. Two stories like so many others
Augusta De Piero
May 12, 2005
Postcards from Palestine 1
An art exhibition by young Palestinians
Augusta De Piero
May 5, 2005
Hyde Fights for overlooked Christians
By Robert Novak
April 18, 2005
Minister says Israelis turning Bethlehem into prison
Terry Housholder
April 13, 2005
Lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities
 The Guardian (UK)
 April 23, 2005
Trapped in our own land
By Daoud Kuttab
April 12, 2005
Remembering Deir Yassin
By Miftah
April 8, 2005
New Book: The Lives of Rain
By Nathalie Handal
April 1, 2005
An open letter on the status of Jerusalem
By World Council of ChurchesS
April 1, 2005

Giving Voice to Peace
By Nancy Blakestad
April 1, 2005

A Call from Jerusalem to the World
April 1, 2005

A Call for Morally Responsible Investment
By Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
April 1, 2005

Why I support the PCUSA Selective Divestment Policy
By Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel
April 1, 2005

The Wall Around Bethlehem
By Zack Sabella
March 14, 2005

Arabs in America need freedom like Arabs in Middle East
By Ray Hanania
April 1, 2005

Why did Christina Go to the Holy Land?
By Maria C. Khoury
April 1, 2005
Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews Want Peace
By Rev. Dr. Fahed Abu-Akel
April 1, 2005
500 Million Christians Urged to Divest
By Sam Ser
April 1, 2005
Using the Holocaust to Ward off Criticism
By Amira Hass
March 16, 2005
You Can Trust the Israelis, Can't You?
By Amira Hass
March 9, 2005
Palestine Hotels Survey, Fourth Quarter
March 8, 2005
Speaking To Presbyterians About Selective Divestment
By Liat Weingart
Feb. 8, 2005
Holy Land Lutheran Church Changes Name to Reflect Realities
March 1, 2005
Statistical Monitoring of the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Palestinian Society
March 2, 2005
International Center Holds Weekly Youth Installation Art Exhibits
By Omar Tesdell
Feb. 22, 2005
Palestinian Center for Public Opinion: Sharm El-Sheikh Poll #132
Palestinian Center for Public Opinion
Feb. 15, 2005
The Ultimate Barrier: Impact of the Wall on the Palestinian Health Care System
Doctors of the World
Feb 16, 2005
More on Aid for US Checkpoint Crossings
Council for the National Interest
Feb.  11, 2005

World Council of Churches encourages consideration of economic measures for peace in Israel/Palestine
Feb. 21, 2005

NCC Official Delegation: Barriers Do Not Bring Freedom Feb. 7, 2005

Invitation: "Shaping Communities in Times of Crises: Narratives of Land, Peoples and Identity"
Feb. 3, 2005

Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah: Lenten Message 2005
Feb. 9, 2005
University of Wisconsin Faculty Call for Israel Divestment
Jan.  21, 2005
Israel to receive $50-80 million of PA Aid
By Aluf Benn
Feb 6 , 2005
Democracy's New Face: Radical and Female
By Molly Moore
Jan.  29, 2005
Speaking Out About Israel to Save the Jewish Soul
By Cecil Surasky
Feb. 1, 2005
High Court Okays Bypass Road to Rachel's Tomb
By Jonathan Lis
Feb. 5 , 2005
New York Man Charged with Mail Threats to PC(USA)
By Alexa Smith
Feb 3 , 2005
The 2005 Edberg Award: to Fadia Daibes
Jan.  27, 2005
Mandela Institute: Palestinian Prisoner Dies in Flames
Jan.  27, 2005
Letter to Bush Says Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Threatens U.S
Jan.  21, 2005

A letter from National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East to President George W. Bush
Jan. 13, 2005

Text of the comments delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at a meeting organized by the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI)
Jan. 10, 2005
An interview with Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi on feminism, faith, and the future of the Palestinian cause
by Rose Marie Berger
Jan. 12,  2005

Trapped Like Mice: Palestinians under the New Israeli "Disengagement Plan"
by Jamal Juma'
The Electronic Intifada
Jan. 12,  2005

An Open Letter in This Holiday Season
December 20, 2004

The Writing on the Wall (3)
"WE TRY TO CHALLENGE WHAT CANNOT BE CHALLENGED."
by Toine van Teeffelen
December 9, 2004

Christmas Message December 2004

“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”

Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
December 23, 2004

Cost of Conflict: The changing Face of Bethlehem
December 2004
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Office of the Special Coordinator for the Peace Process in the Middle East (UNSCO)

A Virtual Tour of Nativity Church
by Bob May 
December, 2004

The Writing on the Wall (1)
"When you come back here, you feel a magnet"

by Toine van Teeffelen
December, 2004

Rights group calls on Caterpillar to halt bulldozer sales to Israel
by OneWorld
November 29, 2004
Bethlehem kurz vor Weihnachten: zwischen Feiertagen und Präsidentschaftswahlen....! 
By Anette Klasing
December 11, 2004

Apartment demolished in Dheisheh camp, four families made homeless and kindergarten destroyed
By Omar Tesdell
December. 2004

A Virtual Tour of Nativity Church
by Bob May 
December, 2004

Soldiers Force Palestinian to Play Violin at W. Bank Checkpoint
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
November 25, 2004

A Prisoner’s Story: Majdi Hasan Mousa
By Rima Merriman
November 2004

Assemblyman Demands Cancellation of Palestinian Art Exhibit
By Jim Fitzgerald
November 12, 2004
US Churches Take Stand Against Israeli Occupation
By Barbara Ferguson
November 20, 2004