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It describes how 4,500 Israeli Christians crossed through Mandelbaum Gate in Jerusalem, the extended border pass arrangements, and widespread midnight masses in multiple churches across Jerusalem and Nazareth. 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SERVICES\n\nA MessageFor Today  \n“Our conmon ends are peaceand security;equality and coop-eration;the devclopmcnt of ourplanet's natural and human re-sources;and the construction of anorganized family of sovereign na-tions reconciling their creative di-versity with the overriding solidar-ities of a new international ordcr.  \n“The world is moving away fromthe bi-polar confrontation of eastand west during the 40's and 50'stowards an intcrnational ordermarked by diversity,pluralism,variety,freedon and disscnt.It isnot an age for crusades.In GreatPower relations the keywords areco-existence and co-opcration.Andin small nations,life has to belived on two levels:on the inti-mate level of national distinctive-ness —and in the broader arenaof intese intcrnational co-opera-tion.In economic and social rela-tionships the trend is no longertowards dogmatic extremes of ex-clusive private ownership or exclu-sive public control.Most of oursocieties are“mixed societies”inwhich private initiative and stateplanning exist together within asingle economic framework.  \n\"In philosophy and religionthere is a searcl for unifying com-mon principles,not for divisivebarriers.It promises to be the ageof tolerance.It is the ccumenicalage.And over all aspects of ourlivcs there stand the towering vic-tories of scientific enquiry whicl isthc central enterprise of thc humanmind in its commerce with outerrcality.  \n“The General Assembly will re-spond botl to the ideals and to theintercsts of humanity if at tlissession it proclains the sovereignequality and intcgrity of all mcm-ber-Statcs and tle confincment ofterritorial change to tlc rcalm of1egotiatiol and mutual consent.”  \n—Mr.A.Eban,Deputy Prime Ministerof Israel,at U.N.General Assembly,December 9,1964.  \nA rccord 4,500 Israeli Christians,mostly of the Arab community,crossedthrough Mandelbaum Gate in Jerusalemon the morning of December 24 to at-tend Chirstmas services in the Old Cityof Jerusalem and in Bethlehem.  \nThe crossing began at 6 o'clock_inthe morning and took five hours.Theusual 36-liour pass was extended to fourdays this year because of the Sabbath,when the Jewish side of the bordercheckpost is closed.  \nMore than 3,000 Christian pilgrimsfrom abroad spent this Christmas inIsrael,joining local Christians at serv-ices and midnight masses held inchurches throughout the country.  \n## Nazareth Attraction\n\nAs usual,Nazareth drew the mostvisitors.The town was festively deco-rated for the occasion,and at nidnighttwo giant projectors blazed an illuminated cross into the sky.  \nNazareth's new Basilica of the An-nunciation,which is still under con-struction,was lit up and festooned withgarlands and signs welcoming the visi-tors from abroad.A special post officewas opened in thc center of town toenable visitors to send home Christmasgreetings bearing a special postmark.  \nSix illuminated Christmas trees deco-rated Nazareth's main thoroughfare,which was named Paul VI Street lastJanuary to commemorate the visit of theRoman Catholic pontiff.  \n## FREE TREES\n\nDuring thc week preceding Christ-mas,the Jewish National Fund dis-tributed Christmas trees,frce ofcharge,to all the main Christian or-ganizations and institutions in lsrael,including churches,monasteries,con-vents,schools and consulates.Youngcyprcss trees from the Hills of Eph-raim were handed over to 380 Chris-tian representatives in thc country asa gift from their Jewisl neighbors.  \n## PAPAL ENVOY IN MIDEASTHOLDS MASS IN NAZARETH\n\nFather Lino Capiello,Papal repre-sentative in the Middle East,camefor the first time from Jordan toofficiate at the Midnight Mass at St.Joseph Church in Nazareth,whichwas also attended by Bishop HanaKaldani,head of the Latin commu-nity in Israel.  \nThis and other Chrismas festivitiesin Nazareth were attended by mem-bers of the diplomatic corps and bythousands of tourists.  \nVisitors were welcomed to the townat ","cbCaivk1EHuohwqW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivk1EHuohwqW","pdf",1021627,"English","# LAND of 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