Slideshow: The Forgotten

Sunday, April 16, 2006

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Multimedia presentation by
Martha Rial
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tens of thousands of Arab Christians began leaving their homes in Palestine in 1948 when Israel became a state. The outflow of Christians from the Holy Land has continued in response to decades of violence and economic disruption in the area.

The result is that in Biblically significant towns, such as Bethlehem, the Christian community is battle-scarred, economically bereft -- and dwindling.