Violence protested

Christian Century, Nov 7, 2001

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Caption: VIOLENCE PROTESTED: Christian and Muslim leaders hold hands during a gathering in the Church of the Nativity in protest against the ongoing violence in the West Bank town of Bethlehem October 23. On that day Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon defied pressure from the U.S. and his own coalition partners to end a new Israeli military offensive against the Palestinian Authority in which a number of Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed.