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Bethlehem gun fire { October 22 2001 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)     > http://www.palestine-pmc.com eliminating Christianity (fwd) Subject: eliminating Christianity > 22 October 2001 > Palestine Media Center ­ PMC > http://www.palestine-pmc.com > > In an exclusive interview with the Mayor of Bethlehem City, Mr. Hanna Nasser > asserted that Israeli allegations of Palestinians firing from Churches in > Bethlehem to invite Israeli fire are false and objectionable. Mr. Nasser > confirmed to the Palestine Media Center (PMC), “While Bethlehem residents were > praying during the Sunday mass, Israeli occupation soldiers fired at the > Church of Nativity. I visited the Church and saw the machinegun bullets > scattered throughout the Church”. > > The Bethlehem Mayor asserted that Israeli machinegun fire hit the Church of > Nativity and that it came from any one of the numerous tanks now stationed on > Bethlehem’s seven hills overlooking the holy site. He stated, “Their > allegation that it was Palestinian fire is unquestionably false. Furthermore, > the only party that controls the hills overlooking Manger Square and the > Church are the occupying Israeli tanks”. > > “We condemn this heinous act in the strongest terms and appeal to the > international community to save Bethlehem from the unabated Israeli > aggression. We have written the Vatican and numerous governments appealing to > them to force Israel to withdraw from Bethlehem”, Mr. Nasser affirmed, > concluding, “The invading Israeli troops have acted like the Tatars of earlier > times. They invaded, burned homes, killed innocent civilians and terrorized > the residents. So far, Israeli snipers, who are positioned on every high > rooftop in the city, have murdered 15 civilians and injured at least 120 > others. Bethlehem residents are terrorized to leave their homes. It is up to > the international community to put an end to this campaign of terror”. >

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