The red tape preventing relief.

Reconciliation work goes on despite worst violence since 1967.

A dwindling Christian population battles fear and economic hardship.

Dwelling in the Holy Land has become a curse for many of its inhabitants.

Rami Ayyad received death threats after store bombing in April.

Plus: Ruth Graham laid to rest, an Episcopal priest converts to Islam (but stays an Episcopal priest), and other stories from online sources around the world.

No injuries in Palestinian Bible Society blast, but security guard was kidnapped and beaten.

As cease-fire agreements between Fatah and Hamas come and go, a church is literally caught in the middle.

Local Christians fret over Hamas's victory.

The local joke is that Gaza is hell. But that doesn't seem to deter ministry there.

The Holy Land has always been treacherous.

Some remain politically neutral.

Christians minister to the hopeless in Gaza.