The United States denied the Palestinian Orthodox priest Father Issa Taljia, who serves at the Church of the Nativity in Beit Lam (Bethlehem), Palestine, a visa for the "Not in the Name of Jesus" summit on November 14 in Maryland and a gathering on November 16 near the US Capitol to condemn Israel's attacks on Palestinians.
￭ "Our government denied him a visa for 'security reasons'. A parish priest from Bethlehem, treated him as a threat. This should concern all of us, because it means that the people who are living it are being prevented from telling us about it," Leila Mochiber of Orthodox Christians for Palestine told Middle East Eye, claiming that Palestinians are being prevented from telling their stories.