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  • The Nativity Sin: War crimes in Bethlehem

    04/24/2002 3:06:48 PM PDT · by xsysmgr · 6 replies · 296+ views
    National Review Online ^ | April 24, 2002 | Ariel Cohen
    Taking clergy hostage at gunpoint in a church is a war crime and violation of international law. This is exactly what Palestinian terrorists have done at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, one of Christianity's holiest sites. Over 50 gunmen took 200 hostages and locked them up, half-starving, in the sprawling church complex. Instead of decrying this act of barbarity, church representatives and spokesmen from a number of foreign ministries around the world blamed Israel. On April 2, leaders of Palestinian terrorist organizations, which are on the U.S. Department of State "wanted" list, fought their way into the Church...