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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Nativity deportees meet relatives in Medina

Ma'an
Thirteen Palestinians deported from Bethlehem to the Gaza Strip in 2002 were able to meet some of their family members for the first time in years as they congregated in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage.

...They were deported to Gaza following a weeks-long stand-off with the Israeli army as the group, including another half dozen deported to Europe, took refuge in Bethlehem's Nativity Church.

...“He wishes he could see you before he dies,” the mother told her son. She explained that she had tried to get permits for herself and her husband to visit Kan'an in Gaza, but had been denied permission by Israeli authorities more than a dozen times. Full story
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