Jerusalem bishop laments suffering in Gaza, plight of Christians in West Bank
April 02, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem said that the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank should not be forgotten amid the Iran war.
In Gaza, “two million people are still suffering: the issue is unresolved,” he told Vatican News. “80% of the infrastructure is still destroyed.”
Referring to the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank, Bishop Shomali said that Israeli settlers “enter whenever they want, set fire to vehicles, and prevent farmers from working their fields.”
A “new settlement will now be built near Bethlehem, in Beit Sahour, in an area called Osh Ghrab, on land that belongs to Christian families,” he added. “They cannot even approach it.”
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