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In Jerusalem’s cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze
June 21, 2016 By Faith Matters

In Jerusalem’s cramped Old City, Christians feel the squeeze

* Christians comprise some 7,000 of Old City’s 38,000 people * Months of Muslim-Jewish violence leaves Christians on edge * Clergy worries about further decline in Christian numbers When hundreds of Jewish nationalists marched through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City this month, waving banners and chanting songs in what has become an annual […]

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“Muhammad is a Pig,” Shout Hardline Jews at Arab Palestinians in Old City
July 26, 2015 By Faith Matters

“Muhammad is a Pig,” Shout Hardline Jews at Arab Palestinians in Old City

The Haram Al-Sharif or the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome and the Rock mosque continue to be flashpoints as hard-line and increasingly extreme actions by some Jewish groups inflame tensions and passions in the Old City in Jerusalem. Today, it was reported that hard-line Jewish groups were involved in agitating the very fragile peace […]

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