Misery tempts Palestinian Christians to flee
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Despairing of life under Israeli occupation, many Palestinian Christians are moving abroad, threatening their ancient links to Bethlehem and the land where Jesus was born.
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The occupied city of Bethlehem in the West Bank has been witnessing an atmosphere overwhelmed by sadness while celebrating Christmas because of the continued Israeli occupation, the besiege and building the wall of separation.
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Hundreds of terrified Gazans fleeing Hamas rule were trapped at a main crossing with Israel on Tuesday, hoping to gain permission to pass through Israeli territory to sanctuary in the West Bank.
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Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Nabil Sha&#39;ath was forced to leave a tent set up by families of Palestinian prisoners after the mothers of some of them hurled abuse at him.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The grandson of Mahatma  Gandhi urged Palestinian refugees Sunday to march home from  Jordan en masse, even if the Israelis "kill 200 people," to  shock the world into taking notice.
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Egypt's top Coptic priest retreats to a monastery in the desert to show the grievances of the Christian minority.
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When 14 Jewish families moved into a Palestinian house in this sacred West Bank city &#151; the traditional burial site of the biblical patriarch Abraham &#151; Israel vowed to kick them out.
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Families of Islamic fighters left a besieged Palestinian refugee camp yesterday after the militants and the Lebanese Army agreed to the evacuation, according to a Muslim cleric mediating between the two.
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Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.
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An emerging thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations helped draw several thousand pilgrims to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve, but crowds were far smaller than during the mid-1990s.
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Dozens of Palestinians detained while leaving a besieged refugee camp in Lebanon have complained of abuse by the Lebanese army, ranging from beatings to some cases of sexual abuse, human and civil rights activists say.
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Palestinians begin rebuilding their lives in refugee camp flattened by the Lebanese
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Hundreds of Palestinians fled Hamas-controlled Gaza by land and sea on Saturday to the West Bank where President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to swear in a new government that will bring an end to a U.S.-led aid embargo.
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As Palestinians trudge across a barbed-wire passage leading to Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Ramallah, hawkers and taxi drivers greet them with a din of multilingual chants.
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In a tiny village at the northern tip of Iraqi Kurdistan, some Christian refugees who fled Baghdadâs violence are experiencing a kind of homecoming.
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The acrid scent of explosives and fire hovered inside the gutted church as Iraqi Christians baptized Savio Mar Georgis. By Muhannad Fala&#39;ah, Getty Images.
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Tareq Natsha is fresh out of secondary school and about to join a growing exodus: young, middle-class Palestinians who are leaving their West Bank homes with their families&#39; blessing