By Mel Frykberg
"RAMALLAH, Apr 8, 2010 (IPS) - Israeli authorities prevented thousands of Palestinian Christians from entering Jerusalem and accessing Christianity’s most holy sites over Easter in an unprecedented clampdown on religious freedom.
"Easter is one of the most significant holy periods for Christians and we as Palestinian Christians were not allowed to worship freely," Ramzi Zaniniri from The Near East Council of Churches in Jerusalem told IPS.....
Many have opted to emigrate for a better life abroad with their high standards of education.
Currently, the largest concentration of Palestinian Christians is in South America. There are more of them living in Sydney, Australia, than in Jerusalem."
"RAMALLAH, Apr 8, 2010 (IPS) - Israeli authorities prevented thousands of Palestinian Christians from entering Jerusalem and accessing Christianity’s most holy sites over Easter in an unprecedented clampdown on religious freedom.
"Easter is one of the most significant holy periods for Christians and we as Palestinian Christians were not allowed to worship freely," Ramzi Zaniniri from The Near East Council of Churches in Jerusalem told IPS.....
Many have opted to emigrate for a better life abroad with their high standards of education.
Currently, the largest concentration of Palestinian Christians is in South America. There are more of them living in Sydney, Australia, than in Jerusalem."
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