In Bethlehem, too, life is difficult for Christians. Khoury says that Muslims stand in front of his college to intimidate the students by the way they read the Quran. Other Muslims place their prayer rugs in Manger Square. The college dean would not explain why. He said that Muslims and Christians live in “relative harmony,” but admitted that Christians “feel the pressure of Islam…”
The head of a Christian TV station denied any “Christian suffering,” but then described land theft, beating, and intimidation by Muslims, and his own house’s firebombing. Muslim gangs seize Christian-owned land, as P.A. security forces stand by.
“always a minority religion upon the predominantly Muslim Palestinians, Christians are…fleeing (Daniel Schwammenthal, Wall St. J., Opinion, 12/24).
When Muslim armies conquered the region, Christians were the majority.
One hears claims that Israel is compelling Christians to flee. No facts are adduced to explain why would it be just Christians. Truth is, Muslims are compelling a Christian exodus, as they have from other states, in our time, particularly in Lebanon. Some of the pressure is official. When the pressure is individual, P.A. authorities condone it.
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