Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Yesterday, Pope John Paul visited the Holy Lands... Among the principal reasons for this visit is improving the relations between Christians, Jews and Muslims. Still, the Pope will have to pass through religious and diplomatic obstacles. Some of the Jordanians said they have their doubts about the...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2000
The Pope said on the day prior to his departure that this visit was the dream of his life. The article further mentions the places he is going to visit.
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2000
The Kach movement destroyed the tarmac where the pope was supposed to land in an effort to prevent the pope from landing.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2000
The Guardian newspaper says that the visit of the Pope to Jerusalem is the same as entering a minefield. One known rabbi [no name was mentioned] asked the Pope to remove his cross when he goes to the Wailing Wall.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2000
Announcement of the visit of the Pope to Amman, Jerusalem, and the Palestinian territories.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
The most important Jewish Rabbi, Israel Lau, said he regretted that the document of the apology of the Pope did not mention the Jewish victims of the Holocaust...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
The Jewish synagogues and the religious schools have been transformed into factories for producing fanaticism and aggressive actions. On the holy Saturday, you find gangs of children wearing black, ready to beat anyone to the point of death for abusing the Saturday, on which nothing should be done...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2000
The Jordanians succeeded in persuading the Pope to visit the new baptism site [where Jesus was supposedly baptized] in Bethany in Jordan on March 21. The Jordanians claim that John the Baptist had been baptizing the believers in this place. In addition to that the Jordanian Minister of Tourism...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
The great rabbis of Israel objected at first to the Pope’s visit to the Holy Lands and laid down the condition that if the Pope would like to meet them during his visit he would have to meet them in the Rabbinical Headquarters.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
After discussing in the past two issues the Jewish and Christian perceptions of the millennium, we move on to discuss the predictions that were made by different institutes and centers on the issue. Some Israeli writers consider the present events, as a precursor for a drama that is building and...