ISRAELI DEFENCE Minister Ehud Barak has issued month-long permits for 300 of Gaza's 3,000 Christians to attend Christmas Masses in Bethlehem. The recipients of the coveted permits must be under the age of 16 or over 35, however. Catholic Patriarch Fuad Twal conducted a service last Monday in the 1,600-year-old church of St Porphryry for Christians who remain confined to the Strip. The majority are Orthodox, followed by Catholics and Baptists. A year ago, Christians who made...
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