Tag: Israel
Hollywood Stars find Faith during their Israel Tour
Elisa Moed and Gil Zohar 15/5/2012 Travelujah "People can learn, plan and share their Holy land tour and travel experiences on Travelujah." A group of ... Read More
Israeli Persecution forces Christians to Emigrate
By Khalid Amayreh 5/5/2012 Israeli ambassador to the United State Michael Oren recently tried to bully CBS to kill a story exposing Israeli persecution, harassment ... Read More
Bethlehem’s last Christians?
28/4/2012 Op-ed: World, churches silent in face of Islamic persecution of Palestinian Christians. Veteran CBS News anchor Bob Simon just reported on the Palestinian Christians, ... Read More
Georgia-Israel Relations Continue Stumbling With Monastery Flap – Analysis
By Brittany Pheiffer 19/4/2012 A controversy over a historically Georgian monastery in Jerusalem is further complicating already-strained ties between Tel Aviv and Tbilisi. Despite mutual ... Read More
Copts tour J’lem for Easter after their pope’s death
Photo: Marc Israel Sellem By BEN HARTMAN 9/4/2012 On first Easter since death of their pope, who banned pilgrimages, Egyptian Christian group's members come to ... Read More
A Palestinian Christian Eyewitness Remembers The Israeli Military Siege Of The Church Of The Nativity
By Sharat G. Lin with Jiries Canavati in Bethlehem 8/4/2012 Ten years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in response to a rapid succession of ... Read More
Coptic church denies lifting ban
By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians ... Read More
Ancient monastery attacked by Israeli extremists
By Lauren Gelfond Feldinger 4/4/2012 Continuing vandalism at religious sites prompts condemnation from religious communities and politicians. A medieval Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, one ... Read More
Land Day Anniversary in Syria
(Dp-news - Sana) 1/4/2012 Syria - With the participation of crowds of Syrians in addition to representatives of Syrian, Palestinian, Arab and international sides, the ... Read More
Scathing anti-Semitism pervades ‘Holey Land’ exhibition in Sweden
By Anna Ekström 1/4/2012 Art exhibition at Stockholm church accuses Jews and Israel of being inherently destructive. A picture of a Bible converted into a ... Read More
Jerusalem Tomb Reveals First Archaeological Evidence of Christianity from the Time of Jesus
28/3/2012 The archaeological examination by robotic camera of an intact first century tomb in Jerusalem has revealed a set of limestone Jewish ossuaries or “bone ... Read More
Interfaith Eco-Conference Reveals Need To Educate Religious Leaders
22/3/2012 Miriam Kresh “I came today, not to say anything new – but to learn.” So the Greek Orthodox Archbishop, Dr. Elias Chacour, began the ... Read More
Egypt’s next pope faces immense challenges
Yasmine Fathi 21/3/2012 "Egypt isn't a country we live in, but a country that lives within us." So said Egypt’s late Coptic Pope Shenouda III, ... Read More
‘Price Tag’ mirrors Hitler’s youth
By Jamal Kanj 15/3/2012 Death to Christians' and 'Death to Arabs' were scrawled in Hebrew last week on an old monastery and property of Palestinian ... Read More
Historian: Israel safest place in Mideast for Christians
Ryan Jones 13/3/2012 The steep drop in the number of Christians living in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories is often blamed on Israel. But Middle East ... Read More
Christians drive youth support for Israel
Stephen Richer, Contributor 13/3/2012 Last week’s AIPAC Policy Conference could lead one to think that young voters are overwhelmingly pro-Israel. The three-day Israel love fest ... Read More
More on Discoveries at Horbat Midras in Israel
2/3/2012 A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority has published a report on results of excavation works conducted in 2010-2011 on the slopes ... Read More
Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians
9/3/2012 The church in Bethlehem had survived more than 1,000 years, through wars and conquests, but its future now seemed in jeopardy. Spray-painted all over ... Read More
New Testament sparks controversy among Israeli postmen
6/3/2012 A controversy was brewing this week when a handful of postmen from the Ramat Gan suburb of Tel Aviv refused to deliver packages containing ... Read More
Georgia demands return of Monastery of the Cross from Jerusalem
27/2/2012 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili wants Israel to return control over the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem, News.ru reports. The monastery was built by ... Read More
His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second Visits Israel
22/2/2012 His Holiness and Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia the Second departed for Israel on February 16. During his visit in Israel His Holiness ... Read More