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| Archbishop seeks Mid-East peace | Archbishop seeks Mid-East peace |
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| The Archbishop of Canterbury is to use his Christmas Day sermon to urge the world to help provide a peaceful solution in the Middle East. | |
| Dr Rowan Williams will voice concern over what he regards as an "almost total absence" of belief in the region that a political solution can be found. | Dr Rowan Williams will voice concern over what he regards as an "almost total absence" of belief in the region that a political solution can be found. |
| He will say that it is important for the world to ensure Israelis and Palestinians were not ignored. | He will say that it is important for the world to ensure Israelis and Palestinians were not ignored. |
| Dr Williams will add that people in the Middle East fear for the future. | Dr Williams will add that people in the Middle East fear for the future. |
| Without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked Dr Rowan Williams England a 'needy land' | Without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked Dr Rowan Williams England a 'needy land' |
| He will say: "Go and see, go and listen; let them know, Israelis and Palestinians alike, that they will be heard and not forgotten." | He will say: "Go and see, go and listen; let them know, Israelis and Palestinians alike, that they will be heard and not forgotten." |
| Dr Williams, who recently was on a Christmas pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, told the BBC there was little expectation of peace among the Christian population in that area. | Dr Williams, who recently was on a Christmas pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, told the BBC there was little expectation of peace among the Christian population in that area. |
| "The Christian population expects almost nothing from political solutions now - and that's the most disturbing, the most dispiriting thing - that they feel no way out," he said. | "The Christian population expects almost nothing from political solutions now - and that's the most disturbing, the most dispiriting thing - that they feel no way out," he said. |
| 'Speaking up' | 'Speaking up' |
| He said it was important to defends the rights of Christians in the Middle East. | He said it was important to defends the rights of Christians in the Middle East. |
| "There are very few people at the moment, it seems, speaking up for the Christian minority in Palestine," he said. | "There are very few people at the moment, it seems, speaking up for the Christian minority in Palestine," he said. |
| "And they have very particular needs, very particular concerns. I think that if the Christian leadership in this country isn't going to speak for them, who is?" | "And they have very particular needs, very particular concerns. I think that if the Christian leadership in this country isn't going to speak for them, who is?" |
| In his interview with the BBC, Dr Williams also repeated his concerns over the security barrier between Israeli and Palestinian areas. | In his interview with the BBC, Dr Williams also repeated his concerns over the security barrier between Israeli and Palestinian areas. |
| He said it was causing problems, including that people could not conduct business in an ordinary way. | He said it was causing problems, including that people could not conduct business in an ordinary way. |
| 'Of real concern' | 'Of real concern' |
| "It means that people in Bethlehem cannot go up to their fields or their olive groves - in many cases - and it certainly means that a message is being sent: 'this is not a place worth investing in,'" he said. | "It means that people in Bethlehem cannot go up to their fields or their olive groves - in many cases - and it certainly means that a message is being sent: 'this is not a place worth investing in,'" he said. |
| He added: "It's worked wonderfully well for Israel in terms of suicide bombing - it's sowing long-terms seeds that I think are matters of real concern". | He added: "It's worked wonderfully well for Israel in terms of suicide bombing - it's sowing long-terms seeds that I think are matters of real concern". |
| Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Westminster said in his midnight Mass homily at Westminster Cathedral that England is undergoing a "truly radical break" with humanity's traditions. | Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Westminster said in his midnight Mass homily at Westminster Cathedral that England is undergoing a "truly radical break" with humanity's traditions. |
| Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor described England is "a profoundly needy land". | Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor described England is "a profoundly needy land". |
| Dr Williams's sermon is to be delivered at Canterbury Cathedral. | Dr Williams's sermon is to be delivered at Canterbury Cathedral. |
| In it, he will say of Israelis and Palestinians: "Both communities in their different ways dread - with good reason - a future in which they will be allowed to disappear while the world looks elsewhere. | In it, he will say of Israelis and Palestinians: "Both communities in their different ways dread - with good reason - a future in which they will be allowed to disappear while the world looks elsewhere. |
| "The beginning of some confidence in the possibility of a future is the assurance that there are enough people in the world committed to not looking away and pretending it isn't happening." | "The beginning of some confidence in the possibility of a future is the assurance that there are enough people in the world committed to not looking away and pretending it isn't happening." |
| He will add: "It may not sound like a great deal, but it is open to all of us to do; and without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked, the questions about the killing of the innocent and the brutal rejection of each other's dignity and liberty." | He will add: "It may not sound like a great deal, but it is open to all of us to do; and without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked, the questions about the killing of the innocent and the brutal rejection of each other's dignity and liberty." |
| On Saturday, the archbishop accused the UK government of placing Christians in the Middle East at risk through its actions in Iraq. | On Saturday, the archbishop accused the UK government of placing Christians in the Middle East at risk through its actions in Iraq. |