"Palestinians extend talks to reconcile rival factions"
".... In a separate development yesterday, Israeli officials said the teenage son of a Christian pastor was seriously wounded when a package bomb delivered to the family's West Bank home went off in his hands.
Police wouldn't release details on the Thursday explosion or discuss possible motives for the attack in the Jewish settlement of Ariel.
News reports identified the injured youth as Amiel Ortiz, son of David Ortiz, a missionary who leads a small Christian congregation in Ariel. They said he was in serious condition.
Israeli media speculated that the bomb - apparently delivered in one of the gift baskets Jews exchange on the Purim holiday - might have been directed at the family's Christian missionary activities.
Israeli authorities and Orthodox Jews frown on missionary activity aimed at Jews, and some Muslims are angered by efforts to convert Muslims to Christianity."Pfffffttt!
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"Churches hit with anti-Christian graffiti"
Seven churches and a school in the Gardner area were defaced by anti-Christian graffiti that police said was aimed at people attending church on Good Friday. The vandal used expletives involving the name of Jesus and Mary and painted several upside-down crosses. The messages included "Jesus is dead" and "you brainwashed zombies." Gardner police Lieutenant Gerald Poirier said the vandalism was spotted first at Sacred Heart Church at about 11 Thursday night. The other vulgarities were seen yesterday morning at Episcopal, Methodist, and Baptist churches in Gardner, as well as a Congregational church in Phillipston. Narragansett Regional High School in Templeton was also vandalized, Poirier said. "Whoever did this planned it on Good Friday for the biggest impact and shock value," Poirier said. The graffiti appears to be the work of one person, police said. Poirier said police have some leads, but no arrests had been made of late Friday afternoon (AP)."
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