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As a general rule, whatever Tinmore says, the EXACT OPPOSITE IS TRUE.Check on the membership list of any Palestinian church and you'll have your roster. They are being persecuted by Palestinian Muslims. Or is Gaza one big day care center?
Deflection.
You don't have squat.
Palestinian Crimes against Christian Arabs and Their manipulation against Israel | Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs
Developments in Bethlehem
The demographics in these areas have changed drastically. Bethlehem is a prime example. Estimates show a sharp demographic Christian-Muslim shift. The Christian population went from an 80 percent majority in 1950, to a 60 percent majority in 1990, to approximately a 40 percent minority in 2000. Today the population of Christian Arabs in Bethlehem is hovering at about 15 percent of the citys total population. It is estimated that for the past seven years over one thousand Christians have been emigrating from the Bethlehem area annually. At present an estimated ten to thirteen thousand Christians remain in the city.
Neither the Palestinian Christian leaders nor the PA want to reveal accurate statistics. That would mean the extent of the emigration would become publicly known. They would then have to face questions about the reasons for this decline.
Weiner points out that Yasser Arafat determined the policy that led to this demographic shift. After the PA gained control of Bethlehem it redistricted the municipal boundaries of the city. Arafats motivation for the change was to ensure a Muslim majority in any elections to be held in the area. By doing so, he annexed an additional thirty thousand Muslims and a few thousand Muslim Bedouins in adjacent areas. This, combined with substantial Muslim immigration from the nearby city of Hebron, dramatically transformed the demographic reality. Arafat also defied tradition by appointing a Muslim governor of the city. The Bethlehem City Council, which by Palestinian law must have a Christian majority, has been taken over by Muslims.
Weiner points out that...
Is Weiner a Palestinian Christian?