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 Last Wednesday 24^th of April, the synagogue "Avra

 On Sunday the 7^th of April 2013, in the village Tekoa, two Mosques were found with graffiti along with other acts of vandalism.

 The Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land condemns the burglary in the synagogue and the desecration of Torah scrolls in Mitspeh Jericho, on Thursday 4^th April, 2013.

 Reverend, Dr and Canon Trond Bakkevig spoke at the UNAOC forum in Vienna. Reverend Trond addressed the role of Religious leaders in making courageous peace efforts worldwide and in the region in particular. Reverend Trond stressed the important role of education in creating a more tolerant society and described the various avenues that CRIHL is active in pursuit of this goal. 

Jerusalem, December 12 , 2012

                                  Twilight of Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Twilight has fallen on the possibility of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  As 

Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders committed to peace, we urge immediate, sustained U.S. 

leadership before darkness falls on the hopes for a peaceful resolution. 

December 19th 2012. 

The Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land met with the US Consul General, Michael Ratney. Convener to the Council, Reverend Trond Bakkevig welcomed the Consul General, presented an overview and thanked him for the US administration’s support  to the Council and its religious leaders. The Consul General gave constructive advice and expressed desire for future cooperation in various venues.

On the morning of Tuesday the 4th of December 2012, in Al-Mafkara near Yatta in the southern Hebron

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 Rabbi David Rosen, Council member and Interfaith advisor to the Chief Rabbinate was appointed, among respected others, as a member of the board of directors of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna (KAICIID). The Inauguration ceremony of the centre took place last week ast the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.

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