Baptizing the Palestinian and Israeli Crisis
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Recently, news filtered out of Israel that one of Christianity’s holiest sites is planning to be officially opened. The site is where John the Baptizer baptized Jesus. However, in preparations for an influx of tens of thousands of tourists and religious pilgrims, there remains a major problem. The historical site is surrounded by thousands of explosive land mines, dangerous remnants and reminders of Israel’s past and present wars against its Arab and Palestinian neighbors. The Israeli Defense Forces, backed with United States military aid and weapons technologies, have been planting tens of thousands of mines in the region since 1967,…
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Baptizing the Palestinian and Israeli Crisis
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