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NOW MOST AT RISK !!!

The World Monuments Fund's 2008 watch list
includes Bethlehem among 100 sites in the world
now at risk from man-made threats
such as urban development, or conflict.



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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams:

"....pray for the little town of Bethlehem,
and spare a thought for those who have been put at risk
by our short-sightedness and ignorance."

SHALOM

( PEACE )

To get into Bethlehem from Jerusalem
you have to go through a checkpoint.


You drive in through a gap in a 30-foot high concrete wall.
That wall now separates Bethlehem and Jerusalem -
two towns that have been linked for centuries.
The checkpoint is like a border crossing.

Christians now account for just 15% of the population of Bethlehem.
Not so long ago they were 80%.

Few tourists visit the reputed birthplace of Christ
Walk down the lane, and shop after shop is closed.
Few travellers attempt the journey through the wall.

Father Majdi Syriani says the problem is not local, but global.
"The whole world is polarising around western Christianity and Islam," he says.
"This is a true threat, not for me but the whole world."
"Bethlehem is the focal point. It's not because my Muslim people are threatening me.
It's because the whole world is polarising. And it scares me."


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SHALOM

THE BEATLES TOLD US:
"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE"
AND NORMAN GREENBAUM'S
IN THE SKY ABOVE
AND HARI KRISHNA'S
GOT A LOT TO SAY...
BUT WHO WOULD GO TO
BETHLEHEM TODAY?

WE CALL ON ALL OUR GODS
BOTH BIG AND SMALL;
THE ONES WHO BRING US PEACE
THE BEST OF ALL;
THE ONES WHO THREW THEIR
THUNDERBOLTS AWAY,
OR WHO WOULD GO TO
BETHLEHEM TODAY?

SHALOM

YOU SAY THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
STILL LISTENS AS YOU PRAY
AND CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA
ARE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY:
THE MOTHER OF ALL PEACE IS CALLING
HERE AT MARY'S WELL...
FOR AN EYE FOR AN EYE
(OR A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH)
WILL BLOW US ALL, TO HELL.

SHALOM.

THEY SAY THAT MARY TAKES EACH PRAYER
TO OVERCOME THE PAST...
AND ONLY THROUGH FORGIVENESS,
CAN THE WHOLE WORLD
FIND PEACE...
AT LAST.

SHALOM.

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