News Articles by Julie Stahl

      NAZARETH, Israel (BP)--A simmering controversy over the construction of a mosque next to the largest church in the Middle East is threatening to divide Nazareth's Muslim and Christian communities, which have lived together peacefully for hundreds of years, CNSNews.com reports.
    Moderate Muslims and Christians there say it is up to the Israeli government to put a stop to the construction of the mosque by a radical group known as the Islamic Movement and prevent the rift from occurring.

JERUSALEM (BP)--One month after a deadly suicide bomb attack ripped through a Jerusalem restaurant, killing 15 Israelis and tourists and injuring more than 130 others, the pizzeria reopened its doors to the public in what was billed as a "stand against terrorism," CNSNews.com reported Sept. 13.

JERUSALEM (BP)--Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres called July 23 for a global information campaign into the phenomenon of suicide bombings after reports of the militant Islamic Jihad operating summer camps in the Gaza strip for youth, some as young as 11, to instill in them the virtues of becoming suicide bombers, CNSNews.com reported.

JERUSALEM (BP)--Palestinian public support for suicide bombings against Israeli civilians has soared, according to a CNSNews.com report on a survey released by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion.

JERUSALEM (BP)-On the April 25 day set aside for Israel to honor its fallen soldiers, some of its most dedicated enemies gathered in the Iranian capital to discuss ways of intensifying the anti-Israel battle, with some leaders questioning Israel's right to exist, CNSNews.com reported April 25.

JERUSALEM (BP)--The United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva passed four anti-Israel resolutions April 18 condemning Israel for, among other things, what it called "the violation of human rights in occupied Arab territories" and the country's settlement policy in disputed lands, according to CNSNews.com.

JERUSALEM (BP)--A special report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Commission on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "one-sided and prejudicial" and "lacking integrity," Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva charged, according to a CNSNews.com report March 30.

JERUSALEM (BP)--A day after Israel struck Palestinian Authority military targets in retaliation for a spate of bombing and terrorist attacks, both sides seemed to be digging in for a long haul, with tensions and violence again on the rise, CNSNews.com reported March 29.

JERUSALEM (BP)--Arab League leaders ended their two-day summit in Jordan late Wednesday, March 28, united in their condemnation of Israel and support for the Palestinians, but failing to agree on a solution to the Iraq question, CNSNews.com reported March 28.

JERUSALEM (BP)--At their recent meeting in Washington, President Bush and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon discussed the long-running dispute between Christians and Muslims over building a mosque in front of a revered Catholic church in Nazareth, sources in Israel said on March 22.