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A wounded Palestinian is evacuated at the Israel-Gaza border during a protest against the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem May 14. (CNS photo/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
The priest said although parishes in the Holy Land tell their parishioners to resist occupation by educating themselves and preparing for the future, people in Gaza see no future.
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
"If I dwell on the future, it is too depressing....There is no future in maintaining a conflict."
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
The law also will allow for the state to deport anyone whose residency status has been withdrawn.
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
The churches have enjoyed an unofficial tax-exempt status for centuries.
Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio L. Elizondo concelebrates Mass on Jan. 21 at St. Joseph Church in Jifna, West Bank. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
Bishop Elizondo was among 10 Hispanic U.S. bishops visiting the Holy Land to advocate for "bridges not walls."
Israeli forces fire toward Palestinians near Ramallah, West Bank, during a Dec. 20 protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (CNS photo/Mussa Qawasma Reuters)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service

JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The status quo of Jerusalem should remain as is until an agreement about the holy city is reached by Palestinians and Israelis, said Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

"The status quo affects the fragile life between the different communities. (It) should be changed only through dialogue," he told journalists at the Latin Patriarchate Dec. 20.

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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
Christian leaders in Jerusalem appealed to Trump to take their viewpoint into consideration.
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land are facing a common enemy: an environmental crisis.
U.S. President Donald Trump places a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.
Israeli border policemen in Bethlehem, West Bank, detain a Palestinian protester in support of Palistinians in Israeli jails on April 27.  (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)
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Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention.