Arabs from the area of Shechem have vandalized a local Christian cemetery and damaged several tombstones, according to a Palestinian Authority newspaper. Muslim Arabs have steadily increased attacks on Christians over the past several years.
In Gaza, where Hamas took over the area in a terrorist war with the rival Fatah faction in June 2007, terrorists last week kidnapped Fuad Nabil Ayyad, a Christian activist whose relative Rami Ayyad was executed by Hamas terrorists last year.