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Cleric critical of Israel slated to take over Jerusalem’s St. Andrews church
A Scottish pastor with a history of comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa has been tapped to take over the spiritual leadership of the capital’s St. Andrews Church, the Jerusalem Post has learned....
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Church of Scotland condemns murder of Israeli teenagers
The Church of Scotland has condemned the murder of three Israeli teenagers found dead in the West Bank last night. They were abducted last month and were last seen alive at a junction near Hebron as...
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Church of Scotland ‘considers joining Israel boycott, divestment and...
Palestine’s allies in Scotland were on tenterhooks last night following talk that the Church of Scotland may join the boycott of Israel. Supporters told the Morning Star yesterday that the visiting...
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Kirk joins with Middle East Christians to call for an immediate end to the...
The Church of Scotland fully supports the calls from fellow Christians in the Middle East for an immediate end to the current hostilities and the siege of Gaza, as well as serious and committed efforts...
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Using force against Iraq extremists is justified says Pope
The Pope last night backed military action in Iraq to stop the bloody persecution of thousands of Christians by Islamist fanatics. In a dramatic intervention, Pope Francis said military force could be...
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Gaza’s only Christian hospital struggles as crisis continues
Gaza’s only Christian hospital, Al-Ahli is ‘struggling to provide critical health care’ as the death toll in the Strip reaches 2000. The UK-based Church Mission Society (CMS) who founded the hospital...
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Justin Welby: what should we do about ISIS?
One hundred years ago, the first casualty reports from the Battle of Mons were received. Although the war had been declared on 4th August, the first British casualty was on the 21st. He is buried...
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‘God only knows’ if Christians will survive in the Middle East
A Lebanese bishop has told Scottish Catholics that ‘God only knows’ if there will be any Christians living in the Middle East in 20 years time such is the persecution they are facing. Maronite...
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Podcast: Kenny Roger on the Church of Scotland’s Middle East mission
Kenny Roger is the Church of Scotland’s Middle East Secretary. Originally from Glasgow, he first visited Israel in 2010, when he was working as the World Mission Finance Manager of the Church’s offices...
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Brother of slain Coptic Christians thanks ISIS for including their words of...
The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya last week has thanked their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video they made of their beheadings. Speaking on...
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