- Title: ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: GREEK CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH RAYA STARTS HUNGER STRIKE.
- Date: 16th July 1973
- Summary: 1. CU Bishop Raya ZOOM OUT TO GV PAN villagers around him 0.16 2. SV ZOOM TO reporter speaks to Bishop 1.39 NEWSMAN: Your Grace, why are you striking? RAYA; I'm striking...hunger striking in protest on regulations of the British mandate which have been called by our present Minister of Justice, in 1946 as barbaric and Nazi and which are appli
- Embargoed: 31st July 1973 13:00
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- Location: Jerusalem
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- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA6BJ1V4H4P1OFDWIWCDW9PXXBE
- Story Text: Greek Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya began an 'indefinite' hunger strike outside the Parliament buildings in Jerusalem on Monday (16 July) to back demands for Christian Arab villagers to be allowed to return to their homes from which they were expelled 25 years ago.
The Lebanese Archbishop, who's a United States citizen, said that he'd received police permission to demonstrate for one day. He said that he'd ask for extensions daily until his demands were met.
When he began his hunger strike, he was interviewed by newsmen.
SYNOPSIS: In Jerusalem on Monday, Greek Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya was surrounded by villagers and children as he began his hunger strike which he hoped would help clear a way for some Christian Arabs to return to their homes.
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