You are herecontent / Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) Fights for Holy Land's Overlooked Christians
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) Fights for Holy Land's Overlooked Christians
By Robert Novak
The Venerable Rep. Henry Hyde is a staunch supporter of Israel, but he is also a prominent Catholic layman known for telling the truth. He did so two weeks ago to Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres. He made clear how unhappy he was that Israel's government had ignored his previous protests about the destruction of the Christian community in the Holy Land.
At a closed-door session of the House International Relations Committee that he heads, Hyde told Peres that Israeli security practices "in the center of Christianity's most holy places" are "turning them into a military zone." Peres conceded to Hyde these are hard times for Christians in the Holy Land, but predictably blamed their troubles on the Palestinian Arabs.
