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    Dwindling Number of Christians in Christianity's Birthplace

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now western envoy for Palestinian development, and he's been advocating tourism to Christian holy sites in the Palestinian West Bank, especially Bethlehem, the city where Jesus was born.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now western envoy for Palestinian development, and he's been advocating tourism to Christian holy sites in the Palestinian West Bank, especially Bethlehem, the city where Jesus was born. An American decendent of Palestinian refugees, Rateb Rabie is President of the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Rateb Rabie

      President, Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Air Travel in the United States: Is Anybody in Charge?
    1. 1:00Dwindling Number of Christians in Christianity's BirthplaceYou’re reading this
    2. 7:00Air Travel in the United States: Is Anybody in Charge?
    3. 41:59Protecting the World's Food Seeds for a Rainy Day
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