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Place of Birth: Beit Jala, State of Palestine
About Manuel Musallam
- Manuel Musallam (Arabic: ????? ?????; born 16 April 1938) is a Palestinian Catholic priest.
- His pastoral work has taken him to Jordan, the West Bank, and to Gaza.
- He is a Palestinian activist, strongly opposed to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the Judaization of Jerusalem.
- He has opened the doors of Christian schools to Muslim families, worked to achieve an understanding between Fatah and Hamas and has been instrumental in brokering solutions to both infra-Muslim and Muslim-Christian tensions.
- Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, appointed him head of the Department for the Christians of the Palestinian Foreign Office.
- He is an orator of distinction, and a founder of Palestinian Folklore Groups, for which he was awarded a gold medal.
- Father Musallem retired to Birzeit, aged 71, on health grounds, in May 2009.
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