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    Holy Land church leaders say clergy mistreated

    http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020972482_apmlisraelchristians.html?syndication=r ss
    Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 10:48 AM


    A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police
    "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during
    Orthodox Easter services.

    This reminds me of the article from Ha'aretz several years ago
    entitled "Christian... (May 13, 2013, by USmotto)


    JERUSALEM - A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli
    police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric,
    during Orthodox Easter services.

    The leaders signed a letter on Sunday expressing concern and saying
    policemen allegedly used force and prevented clergymen and pilgrims
    from entering places of worship during Holy Saturday earlier this
    month.

    The event drew thousands of people to Jerusalem's Old City and
    hundreds of Israeli police were on guard during the day.

    A spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, Paul Hirschson, says Israel
    apologized this week to Egypt for the incident on Holy Saturday, which
    involved a Coptic Egyptian cleric. He said the incident was being
    investigated.

    Israeli police said they received no formal complaint about the incident.


    From: Baghdasarian
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