Originally published in The Jerusalem Post In 2023, Father Ibrahim Faltas opened the first swimming pool in Jerusalem’s Old City after four years of herculanean excavation and construction. Now the 60-year-old Franciscan monk who was born in Alexandria, Egypt, has another towering ambition – to erect a 10m high statue […]
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Christian Israeli-Arab wants to build Rio-style Jesus statue near Nazareth
Originally published in Jerusalem Post Bishara Shlayan, a Christian Arab from Nazareth, is hoping to build a huge statue of Jesus on Mount Precipice, near his home city. Shlayan told The Jerusalem Post in an interview that he has already begun fund-raising for the project and that he is getting […]