Against the Muslim \u00a0persecution of Christians in Palestine?<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t be silly. The protest<\/a> is against something much more important, something discriminatory: <\/em>Israeli travel permits for Easter.<\/p>\n Christians call for protest against Israeli travel permits for Easter.<\/p>\n Holy Land Christians are calling on their religious leaders to protest against the travel permit system imposed by Israel during Easter celebrations.<\/p>\n The situation is complicated in 2010 by the overlapping of Easter with the Jewish feast of the Passover.<\/p>\n “Any system which assigns entry permits to Easter celebrations necessarily denies the rest of the faithful their rights of participation in these religious events,” they wrote in a letter that has been circulated during the month of March.<\/p>\n Some 103 Christian lay leaders and 21 Christian organizations of all denominations, including the Near East Council of Churches, Gaza and Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees, Sabeel, the YMCA-Jerusalem, Bethlehem Bible College, Norwegian Church Aid and Arab Orthodox Society, signed the document.<\/p>\n Like all West Bank Palestinians, Christians must have permits to travel to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n “This is further proof of the inherently discriminatory nature of the denial of the basic rights to religious observance”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Against the Muslim \u00a0persecution of Christians in Palestine? [youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_1iM-kzqAGY] Don\u2019t be silly. The protest is against something much more important, something discriminatory: Israeli travel permits for Easter. Christians call for protest against Israeli travel permits for Easter. Holy Land Christians … Continue reading