Bethlehem Church of the Nativity priest denied visa to speak at US event

Bethlehem Church of the Nativity priest denied visa to speak at US event Father Issa Thaljieh, the Palestinian parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, has been denied a US visa to speak alongside American clergy next week on the gravity of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian villages. "Our government denied him a visa for 'security reasons'. A parish priest from Bethlehem, treated as a threat. That should worry all of us, because it means the peopl

Source: Middle East Eye