Wall-Fence
Israel and Palestine
Is it an apartheid wall as the Palestinians believe ... or a security fence as Israel maintains ... or a new border? is it all of the above? Why is it critical to call it a fence and not a wall?
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Israel's most senior Roman Catholic leader: Bethlehem a 'prison'
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Bethlehem a 'prison' - patriarch: "Bethlehem a 'prison' - patriarch"

Israel's most senior Roman Catholic leader has said Bethlehem has become an "immense prison" since the erection of the West Bank barrier.

Michel Sabbah, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, called for all barriers between people to be dismantled.

He was joined by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, ambassadors from several countries and thousands of Christians for Christmas Eve mass in Bethlehem. ...

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