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- 15 days in Bethlehem - Describing the siege of the Church of the Nativity, and its impact on the militants and civilians, including children, trapped within its confines without adequate food or water, and with no resolution in sight.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,685181,00.html
- A walk into freedom - or exile - Describing the deal that brought an end to Israel's siege of the church of the Nativity, with the exile of thirteen suspected militants to Cyprus.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,713670,00.html
- Bethlehem monks make defiant stand in Nativity siege - Monks in the Church of the Nativity assert a Christian duty to ensure that a bloodbath does not occur, as Israel attempts to extract approximately two-hundred-and-fifty Palestinians who have sought sanctuary in the holy site.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=286172
- Both sides deny killing Bethlehem's bell ringer shot outside Nativity - Describing the death of a mentally disabled Palestinian Christian bell ringer, during Israel's military siege of Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=282079
- Breakthrough 'soon' in Bethlehem siege - Diplomats from Britain and the United States are now trying to help end the siege of the Church of the Nativity, and have obtained a list of the Palestinians inside as demanded by Israel. Also noting an Israeli incursions in Khan Younis and Tulkarm.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1968000/1968002.stm
- Carey envoy pleads for the body of Muslim 'martyr' in Christian shrine - Describing Israel's refusal to allow Christian clerics to remove the body of a dead Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem's Basilica of the Nativity, yards from the believed location of Christ's birth, and the growing humanitarian crisis within the besieged church.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=284106
- CIA blamed as deal to end Bethlehem siege falters - Describing Italy's protest to being declared to be the destination country for thirteen suspected militants to be exiled from the occupied territories, when it had received no formal request to take the men.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=292883
- Deal to end church siege as Israel lines up new strike - Describing how Cyprus has agreed to temporarily accept Palestinian militants exiled from the occupied territories, until a permanent destination is found, and Israel's gearing up for a new military assault on the Gaza strip.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,713134,00.html
- End to Bethlehem siege in sight - Describing a deal under which certain suspected militants will be exiled to Italy, and others transferred to Gaza, as a likely resolution of the stand-off at the Church of the Nativity.
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,710729,00.html
- Escapee, 16, Tells of Stench and Cold in Besieged Church - A teenager describes the deteriorating conditions inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, which has been under siege for two weeks by Israeli troops seeking to arrest suspected militants. [Free Registration Required]
www.nytimes.com/2002/04/17/international/middleeast/17BETH.html
- For Greek Orthodox, an uneasy Easter - Describing how Christians defied Israel's blanket curfew to visit the Church of the Nativity, and reactions to the ongoing siege.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0506/p06s02-wome.html
- Franciscans refuse to quit besieged birthplace of Christ - Describing how, even as deprived of food, water and electricity by the siege, and the need for medical care by those within, the monks will not surrender Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity to Israel.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=284816
- Israel cautious, Palestinians optimistic over Nativity talks - Describing the tense standoff at the Church of the Nativity and the status of negotiations for the end of the siege.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=155004
- Israeli Snipers Playing Cat to Palestinians' Mouse - Describing the sophisticated technology used by Israel's snipers, and their role in the siege of the Church of the Nativity. [Free registration required]
www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/international/middleeast/24BETH.html
- Monk shot and seriously wounded in Bethlehem - Describing how an Israeli sniper shot an Armenian monk as he tried to bring water into the Church of the Nativity compound in Bethlehem.
www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=150548
- Palestinian shot dead as church standoff worsens - Descricing the deteriorating state of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians under siege in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity.
www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,709140,00.html
- Palestinian trapped in Basilica of the Nativity 'shot by sniper as he picked grass for food' - Describing the worsening conditions in the Church, where a group of nuns, monks, civilians, and militants have been under siege for almost three weeks.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=287577
- Palestinians 'quit talks' as militant is shot dead at Bethlehem church - Describing that Palestinian negotiators broke off talks after an Israeli sniper shot a suspected militant, saying they would not resume until Israeli soldiers stopped firing on the church and allowed in food and medicine.
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=290308
- Standoff affirms Arafat's primacy - Asserting that, finally released from Israel's siege on his headquarters, the Palestinian leader energized talks on the Church of the Nativity standoff, even as Ariel Sharon attempts to convince the Bush adminisration that he is irrelevant.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0506/p06s01-wome.html
- Timeline: Bethlehem siege - An illustrated timeline of the main events during the three-week-old siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1950000/1950331.stm
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