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“We agreed to give Palestinians the minimum of rights, which would improve their living conditions, and this was necessary,” said George Adwan , a Christian lawmaker who had initially objected to the bill. …

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admin on August 18th, 2010

“We agreed to give Palestinians the minimum of rights…but we haven’t moved any closer to making them citizens,” said Christian lawmaker George Adwan . Palestinians would still be barred from working as engineers, lawyers and doctors

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“We agreed to give Palestinians the minimum of rights, which would improve their living conditions, and this was necessary,” said George Adwan , a Christian lawmaker who had initially objected to the bill. …

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“We agreed to give Palestinians the minimum of rights, which would improve their living conditions, and this was necessary,” said George Adwan , a Christian lawmaker who had initially objected to the bill. …

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Adwan criticized Bassil’s earlier Wednesday statement to An-Nahar newspaper – that the Free Patriotic Movement’s decision to hold an electoral race in Beirut’s municipal elections is “set the record straight” after Christian parties in …

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Whitchurch Hustings – Environment, Poverty, Palestine and Immigration. I was pleased to attend a hustings event in Whitchurch on Tuesday evening, based around Christian Aid’s election manifesto and Amnesty International’s briefing …

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4/7/2010 – Bethlehem – Ma’an – Leaders of the Christian community in Palestine called on church officials to begin a boycott of the Israeli permission system, requiring leaders to request permits for their faithful to access the holy …

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For centuries there was no such conflict. In the 19th century the land of Palestine was inhabited by a multicultural population – approximately 86 percent Muslim, 10 percent Christian, and 4 percent Jewish – living in peace

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admin on April 4th, 2010

While Christian Palestinians are blocked from the traditional Easter celebrations in Jerusalem, Gaza remains under siege and under threat of another Operation Cast Lead.

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There is a good article in the Christian Science Monitor on Egypt’s role in maintaining the blockade of Gaza .

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