Jerusalem, 31st Dec, 2007. The President of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shimon Peres has invited the leaders and a selected number of priests of the different christian denominations (orthodox, catholic as well as protestant representants) to his house for a new years meeting.
Photo: President Shimon Peres.
President Shimon Peres, His Beatitude Theophilos III. (the greek orthodox patriarch who was just recently officially acknowledged by the israeli government) as well as the Minister of Interior Meir Shitrit sent out their messages to the public. All of them had a common focus: further improvement of mutual understanding and reconciliation and the establishment of peace in the Holy Land.
Photo: from left to right: Meir Shitrit(Minister of Interior), Shimon Peres (President of Israel), His Beatitude Theophilos III.(greek orthodox Patriarch), Elias Chacour (Melkite Archbishop of Haifa), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Franciscan Custos) spreading out the message for peace infront of the media and a mainly christian crowd of listeners at the house of Shimon Peres.
Photo: Christians of different denomenations (armenian orthodox, syrian orthodox, catholic and greek orthodox) exchanging their greetings for new year.
Photo: Shimon Peres greeting his guests and answering questions for the excited crowd.
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