Wow!: UN summer camps let kids “just be kids” in Gaza
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, of Reuters, reports from Gaza…
Pope, in interview, skirts issue of return of occupied parts of Ukraine
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has said an eventual return by Russia of occupied territories in Ukraine is a “political problem” to be resolved by both sides, in his first public comment on Ukraine’s request for him to back its plan demanding a total Russian withdrawal. Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, at the […]
Palestinian President Abbas gives Christians outsize voice in new legislature
Amman, JordanRNS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has guaranteed that at least seven seats of a new legislative council will go to Christians in the elections in the occupied territories to be held on 22nd May. The measure would give Christians, who make up about one per cent of the population of the occupied territories, an […]
Postcards: Christians in Holy Land face bleak Christmas season due to COVID-19
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports on the impact of the coronavirus in Jerusalem and Jesus’ birthplace of Bethlehem…
MIDDLE EAST: HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS COURTING EVANGELICALS ON ITS ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PLAN
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…