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\u00a0 \u00a0 I have to confess that I\u2019m genuinely astonished at the mild and relatively indifferent response in the West to the harassment, despoliation, rape, and, sometimes, torture and mass slaughter of ancient Christian communities in the Near East. \u00a0 Here\u2019s an Israeli Jewish perspective on the situation: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.jewishworldreview.com\/0416\/glick040816.php3 \u00a0 Thanks to Chrystine Heward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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