Palestine Christians have no 'margin of maneuver' amid violence

[jojoju1998]

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/palestine-christians-have-no-margin

"After an unprecedented Hamas attack against Israel Oct. 7, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem called for world leaders to de-escalate violence, urging a peaceful solution to the conflict in the region.

But while the patriarch did not condemn directly the Hamas attack, a priest living in Israel told The Pillar that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa faces a difficult prospect as the war begins, with the possibility that a statement from him could cause harm to Palestinian Christians."

[CumbrianLefty]

Yes, their numbers have been decreasing in recent years and these events aren't likely to help.

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Yes, their numbers have been decreasing in recent years and these events aren't likely to help.

I don't think Gaza has much appeal for Christians unlike Nazareth in the West Bank.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Yes, their numbers have been decreasing in recent years and these events aren't likely to help.

I don't think Gaza has much appeal for Christians unlike Nazareth in the West Bank.

Nazareth is not in the West Bank, it's in northern Israel. That said you're right about Gaza - the proportion of Palestinian Arabs who are Christian is higher in Israel than in the West Bank, and in turn higher in the West Bank than in Gaza.