{"id":11205,"date":"2015-10-15T07:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=11205"},"modified":"2015-10-15T07:28:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T07:28:51","slug":"israel-violence-against-christians-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2015\/10\/15\/israel-violence-against-christians-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRAEL: Violence against  Christians escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls for calm after recent violence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The violence of recent days has raised fears of a general conflagration in the region. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has appealed for calm and asked the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to resume negotiations..<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement <em>\u2013 Once again, embers of despair, stirred by hatred, leave a heavy impact on this injured Holy Land<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heavily concerned with the more recent wave of violence which blows over Israel and Palestine, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns the bloody incidents of these last days and the frightening escalation which they are likely to bring about.\u00a0 We send forth with force and insistence a call for calm.\u00a0 The seriousness of the situation calls for all parties involved, Israeli and Palestinians, to show evidence of courage and to go back to the table of negotiations, which should run on solid and fair grounds, according to parameters of resolutions prescribed by UN.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot tolerate that hatred and bloodshed act as force of law on this Land with three holy religions.<\/p>\n<p>We urge with insistence for prayers by all faithful, for the sake of the Holy Land,\u00a0 its people, and for Jerusalem, City of Peace.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rev. 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