Battles brew in little town of Bethlehem
Tags: RELIGIOUS communities; CHURCH of the Nativity (Bethlehem); WEST Bank
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- An Unholy Calm. Hoelterhoff, Manuela // Conde Nast Traveler;Oct2002, Vol. 37 Issue 10, p64
Features the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel. History of the church; Effects of the war between Israel and Palestine on Bethlehem; Quarelling Christian factions who control the church.
- Centuries�Long Immunity From Attacks on Bethlehem's Church of Nativity Ends. Strickert, Fred // Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;Dec2001, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p69
Focuses on the attacks made by Israeli armies at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Israel. Details of the gunfire at the Church of the Nativity; Murder of an altar boy by an Israeli soldier; Impact of the incursion on Christianity.
- Inside the Siege of BETHLEHEM. Hammer, Joshua; Zedan, Samir; Chen, Joanna; Ephron, Dan // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p16
Focuses on the siege of Israeli soldiers outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Outlook for the exile of Ibrahim Abayat, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Bethlehem; Deaths of people from Israeli snipers in and around the church; Claims of Israel that the men killed in the church...
- IN THE NAME OF GOD. Dickey, Christopher; Chen, Joanna // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p27
Focuses on violence which is caused by religious fundamentalists in Israel. Justification of violence with religion by extremists; Mention of the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; Refusal of the priests to let the Palestinian fighters bury their dead in the garden of the church;...
- Inside the Siege of BETHLEHEM. Hammer, Joshua; Zedan, Samir; Chen, Joanna; Ephron, Dan // Newsweek;5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p22
Focuses on the siege of Israeli soldiers outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Outlook for the exile of Ibrahim Abayat, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Bethlehem; Deaths of people from Israeli snipers in and around the church; Claims of Israel that the men killed in the church...
- DEADLY FACE-OFF AT JESUS' BIRTHPLACE. Yourish, Karen // Newsweek;5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p30
Focuses on the conflict around the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Chronology of the siege of the church, which began on April 2, 2002; Descriptions of the holy altars in the church, which is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus; Agreement in which Palestinian policemen and civilians...
- IN THE NAME OF GOD. Dickey, Christopher; Chen, Joanna // Newsweek;5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p36
Focuses on violence which is caused by religious fundamentalists in Israel. Justification of violence with religion by extremists; Mention of the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; Refusal of the priests to let the Palestinian fighters bury their dead in the garden of the church;...
- Inside the Siege of BETHLEHEM. Hammer, Joshua; Zedan, Samir; Chen, Joanna; Ephron, Dan // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p8
Focuses on the siege of Israeli soldiers outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Outlook for the exile of Ibrahim Abayat, leader of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigade in Bethlehem; Deaths of people from Israeli snipers in and around the church; Claims of Israel that the men killed in the church...
- IN THE NAME OF GOD. Dickey, Christopher; Chen, Joanna // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/20/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p19
Focuses on violence which is caused by religious fundamentalists in Israel. Justification of violence with religion by extremists; Mention of the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem; Refusal of the priests to let the Palestinian fighters bury their dead in the garden of the church;...


