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April 24, 2024
The violence, which began on 7 October 2023 with the Hamas attacks on Israelis, marks a turning point in the 76-year-old conflict in the Holy Land. Even now, Hamas holds more than 100 Israeli hostages, and the Palestinian victims of the disproportionate Israeli reaction exceed 30,000. Some 70 per cent of them are women and
October 11, 2023
Peace is often elusive in the Holy Land but the scale of the violence in the first six months of 2023 could have served as an indicator that this year would be the deadliest in more than two decades. By the beginning of June Israeli forces had killed at least 156 Palestinians across Israel, the
January 22, 2023
Jerusalem’s unique triune culture is under threat, with Christians’ presence in the Holy City most at risk
January 03, 2023
The Herald’s architecture column follows the Editor on pilgrimage to the Holy Land
December 25, 2022
May Baldwin reports from the Holy Land on the the powerful and enchanting Christmas processions in Bethlehem
November 29, 2022
Mgr John Armitage reflects on healing grace, the miracle of life, and joy in this season full of superficiality and blessing
June 28, 2022
The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948 by Roger Hardy Anthony Eyre, £15, 320 pages This account of a momentous century in the history of the Holy Land takes its title from Palestine itself, a bride who attracted many suitors. A Victorian Archbishop of York, William Thomson, declared starkly that the place of “our
July 01, 2021
First broadcast 60 years ago, Journey of a Lifetime explained Christian concepts to Sunday TV viewers 
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