Posts Tagged ‘occupation’
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Did gun control prevent Jews from stopping the Holocaust?
As gun control moved toward the top of the American agenda after the Dec. 14 massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, gun rights activists began to invoke a curious analogy: the Holocaust.
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Israel evicts Palestinian protesters from planned settlement site
JERUSALEM — Israel has moved against a Palestinian protest encampment at a planned settlement site in the occupied West Bank. Israeli police and soldiers moved into a Palestinian tent camp just outside Jerusalem early Sunday a...
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Israel opens the site of Jesus’ baptism to general public
For the first time, Israel has made available to tourists–on a daily basis, the site where Jesus is traditionally believed to have been baptized. The move has raised the ire of Palestine, because the site lies along the W...
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Catholic bishops urge Israel to leave Arab lands
Catholic bishops from the Middle East demanded last Saturday at a special synod in Rome that Israel “put an end to the occupation” of Arab lands. The AP reported that the bishops released the statement on the final day of its t...
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Vatican takes on Islam, Christian fundamentalists in latest document
Pope Benedict XVI released recently a Vatican document that criticized Israel, Egypt, Islam and Christian fundamentalists. The 46-page text, “The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness,” will serve as the wor...