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This Christmas, remember Palestine's Christians
By Mairead Corrigan-Maguire
This Christmas, remember Palestine's Christians | Maan News Agency
The author addresses the distressing times for the Christians of the Holy Land. This was revealed by a South African ecumenical delegation, who were recently "traumatized" during an Advent visit to Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem earlier this month.
"They reported that "it felt like walking into another apartheid ambush the multiple Israeli house demolitions, the discriminatory Israeli legal system, the daily intimidation of Palestinians by the Israeli Defense Forces, the Israeli Apartheid Wall and its associated regime of restrictions on movement and access for Palestinians, the imprisonment of a large percentage of Palestinians (including children), the ongoing confiscation of Palestinian water and land, the closure of previously bustling Palestinian streets and businesses."
To simply take the case of Bethlehem -- although Christians live in many other areas of Palestine and Israel one sees that from an historic high of 80 percent in 1947, Christians now make up only around 20 percent of the population. The past decade alone has seen over 10 percent of Christians leaving their homeland."
They also jointly stated they "did not expect the extent to which Israel violates international law to oppress the Palestinian people."
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By Mairead Corrigan-Maguire
This Christmas, remember Palestine's Christians | Maan News Agency
The author addresses the distressing times for the Christians of the Holy Land. This was revealed by a South African ecumenical delegation, who were recently "traumatized" during an Advent visit to Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem earlier this month.
"They reported that "it felt like walking into another apartheid ambush the multiple Israeli house demolitions, the discriminatory Israeli legal system, the daily intimidation of Palestinians by the Israeli Defense Forces, the Israeli Apartheid Wall and its associated regime of restrictions on movement and access for Palestinians, the imprisonment of a large percentage of Palestinians (including children), the ongoing confiscation of Palestinian water and land, the closure of previously bustling Palestinian streets and businesses."
To simply take the case of Bethlehem -- although Christians live in many other areas of Palestine and Israel one sees that from an historic high of 80 percent in 1947, Christians now make up only around 20 percent of the population. The past decade alone has seen over 10 percent of Christians leaving their homeland."
They also jointly stated they "did not expect the extent to which Israel violates international law to oppress the Palestinian people."
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