—Clip from TV’s The West Wing highlights absurdity of US Palestine denial
Also read the two articles below from our Archives. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
A Jewish settler (wearing cap) from the illegal West Bank settlement of Susia tries to confiscate a donkey and cart carrying trees being transported by a Palestinian farmer (r) to plant on his land close to Susia village, Feb. 11, 2012. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)
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Washington Report Archives (2006-2010) |
Washington Report, January/February 2006, pages 16-19
Special Report
AFTER Christians around the world sing “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” and sit in crowded church pews to hear about the wondrous birth of Christ 2005 years ago, they should also talk about Jesus’ relatives living in Bethlehem today—and then plan a trip to meet them tomorrow. These days only a few pilgrims brave Israeli checkpoints to visit Jesus’ birthplace. Without tourists, Bethlehemites are hungry, exhausted and losing hope.
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Washington Report Archives (1994-1999) |
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 1996, page 97
Middle East History—It Happened in December
It was 19 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1977, that Christians in Israel and the occupied territories protested a new law passed by the Israeli parliament making it illegal for missionaries to proselytize Jews. Protestant churches charged that the law had been “hastily pushed through parliament during the Christmas period when Christians were busily engaged in preparing for and celebrating their major festival.” The law made missionaries liable to five years’ imprisonment for attempting to persuade people to change their religion, and three years’ imprisonment for any Jew who converted. The United Christian Council complained that the law could be “misused in restricting religious freedom in Israel.”1
Nonetheless, it came into force on April 1, 1978, prohibiting the offering of “material inducement” for a person to change his religion. A material inducement could be something as minor as the giving of a Bible.2 Although the Likud government of Menachem Begin assured the Christian community that the law applied equally to all religions and did not specifically mention Christians, the United Christian Council of Israel charged that it was biased and aimed specifically at Christians since only Christians openly proselytized. Council representatives also cited anti-Christian speeches made in the parliament during debate on the law. Parliament member Binyamin Halevy had called missionaries “a cancer in the body of the nation.”3
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Congress Watch: A Conservative Estimate of Total U.S. Aid To Israel: More Than $123 Billion
November 2011, Pages 22-23 Congress Watch A Conservative Estimate of Total U.S. Aid To Israel: More Than $123 BillionBy Shirl McArthurRead more... |
March-April 2012 Table of Contents
Telling the Truth for 30 Years…Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans • Interpreting North America for the Middle East March-April 2012 Digital FlipbookRead more... |