Examples of the Holy Land in a Sentence
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Gaza's people, including the small Christian community there, have been a source of constant concern for Francis, and Easter in the Holy Land overall was a somber affair this year given the war.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
To Jewish people fleeing the European persecution that culminated in the Holocaust, settling in the Holy Land felt like coming home, to a region with deep religious and historical significance.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
The extent of death and warfare in the region, considered the Holy Land for Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, has been staggering — and has hit close to home.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
But diplomatic efforts on issues of war and peace outside his control have met with little success, clearly frustrating a pontiff who has incessantly called for peace, especially in the Holy Land.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
Both churches are following the example set by other churches across the Holy Land and are limiting Christmas festivities this year.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Jews, after all, survived without a state for nearly 2,000 years after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem and scattered the inhabitants of the Holy Land to the four corners of the earth.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Jack Sara, president of Bethlehem Bible College, pointed to how the plight of Palestinian Christians doesn’t seem to be heard by many U.S. evangelicals, who see in muscular Jewish supremacy over the Holy Land a pathway for their own messianic vision.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
The latest convulsion of violence in the Holy Land erupted Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostages.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
To Jewish people fleeing the European persecution that culminated in the Holocaust, settling in the Holy Land felt like coming home, to a region with deep religious and historical significance.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
The extent of death and warfare in the region, considered the Holy Land for Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, has been staggering — and has hit close to home.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
But diplomatic efforts on issues of war and peace outside his control have met with little success, clearly frustrating a pontiff who has incessantly called for peace, especially in the Holy Land.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
Both churches are following the example set by other churches across the Holy Land and are limiting Christmas festivities this year.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Jews, after all, survived without a state for nearly 2,000 years after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem and scattered the inhabitants of the Holy Land to the four corners of the earth.
—Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
Jack Sara, president of Bethlehem Bible College, pointed to how the plight of Palestinian Christians doesn’t seem to be heard by many U.S. evangelicals, who see in muscular Jewish supremacy over the Holy Land a pathway for their own messianic vision.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
The latest convulsion of violence in the Holy Land erupted Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostages.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
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