| − | Arafat and Islamization are the cause of Christian decline in Bethlehem. It began since Arafat took control. Repression, second class citizens, harassment and more.<ref>Justus Reid Weiner, (2005) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Oyyi864aGK0C&q=Arafat#v=snippet&q=Arafat&f=false Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp490.htm The Beleaguered Christians of the Palestinian-Controlled Areas], David Raab, JCPA, Jan, 2003. | + | Arafat and Islamization are the cause of [[Christian]] decline in [[Bethlehem]]. It began since Arafat took control. Repression, second class citizens, harassment and more.<ref>Justus Reid Weiner, (2005) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Oyyi864aGK0C&q=Arafat#v=snippet&q=Arafat&f=false Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp490.htm The Beleaguered Christians of the Palestinian-Controlled Areas], David Raab, JCPA, Jan, 2003. |
| | ''A Second-Class People / Regional Repression of Christians / Official PA Domination of Christians / PA Disrespect for Christian Holy Sites / The PA Takeover of the Church of the Nativity / The PA and Jerusalem Christians / Reduction of Christian Political Power / Harassment of Palestinian Christians by Palestinian Muslims / The Palestinian Christian Response''.</ref> | | ''A Second-Class People / Regional Repression of Christians / Official PA Domination of Christians / PA Disrespect for Christian Holy Sites / The PA Takeover of the Church of the Nativity / The PA and Jerusalem Christians / Reduction of Christian Political Power / Harassment of Palestinian Christians by Palestinian Muslims / The Palestinian Christian Response''.</ref> |
| | Overall, Christians now make up only four percent of the population of the Middle East, down from 20 percent a century ago. | | Overall, Christians now make up only four percent of the population of the Middle East, down from 20 percent a century ago. |