JERUSALEM (OSV News) Just as early Christians were sustained by the words of St. Peter describing Jesus resurrection as offering a new birth into a living hope, so too should the Christians of the Holy Land today be encouraged and empowered by this knowledge as they face tumultuous times, when their own faith continues to be tested, said the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in their March 31 Easter message. As we have all seen in recent months, escalating violence has engulfed the Holy L
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Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been coming out into the streets for the past three months in escalating pro-democracy protests against the most politically and religiously extreme right-wing government Israel has ever had.