by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
A United Nations committee meeting here has determined that two Baha’i shrines in Israel possess “outstanding universal value” and should be considered as part of the cultural heritage of humanity as a whole. The decision today by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
A Christian peace activist who spent 188 days as a hostage in Iraq has been jailed, assaulted and forcibly deported from Israel. Harmeet Sooden, a peace activist from New Zealand, was deported yesterday after four days imprisonment, having been told he was a...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
Bethlehem participants in a global week of church advocacy are inviting individuals and groups around the world to send them wishes and prayers for peace. Incoming emails will be shared with parishes, schools and organizations in Bethlehem and Jerusalem as part of the...
by Sean Reilly | May 27, 2008
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will enter Gaza later this week to conduct a United Nations investigation into the killing of 19 Palestinian by Israeli shells in November 2006. He is intending to visit the scene of the incident in which Israeli forces fired an artillery...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 28, 2008
This Easter season, Jerusalem Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan received visits to his office from a string of journalists. It happens every year at this time, with reporters wanting to write about the Holy Land during Christianity’s most important annual festival...
