Vatican meeting Bishops blame Israel for all Christians fleeing mid east

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 All Christians? in Egypt,Syria,Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon?


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Bishops summoned to the Vatican to discuss the flight of Christians from the Middle East have blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for spurring the exodus.

Several bishops have lamented that the region is increasingly being emptied of its traditional Christian communities and warned that the consequences will mean an increasingly Muslim-only Mideast clashing with a Christian West.
Pope Benedict XVI- AP- Oct. 10, 2010    

Pope Benedict XVI at the opening of the Synod of bishops from the Middle Eastern region at the Vatican October 10, 2010
Photo by: AP

While some have blamed the emergence of fanatical Islam for the flight, others have accused Israel of impeding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by building settlements and controlling infrastructure in East Jerusalem and parts of the West Bank.

Pope Benedict XVI called the synod, which continues Wednesday, to encourage Christians in the region