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500,000 Palestinians are Christians around the world, they form and estimated 6-7% of the global Palestinian population. 48% are Greek Orthodox, 38% Catholic and 4% are Evangelicals and Protestants. "The Palestinian Christian presence in Jerusalem is under threat due to institutionalised discrimination, attacks by radical Israeli groups, and systematic attempts by settler organisations to take over church property in the Old City" according to The New Arab.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-palestinian-christians-are-being-driven-out-jerusalem|title=How Palestinian Christians are being driven out of Jerusalem|date=January 13, 2022|publisher=The New Arab}}</ref>

500,000 Palestinians are Christians around the world, they form and estimated 6-7% of the global Palestinian population. 48% are Greek Orthodox, 38% Catholic and 4% are Evangelicals and Protestants. "The Palestinian Christian presence in Jerusalem is under threat due to institutionalised discrimination, attacks by radical Israeli groups, and systematic attempts by settler organisations to take over church property in the Old City" according to The New Arab.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/analysis/how-palestinian-christians-are-being-driven-out-jerusalem|title=How Palestinian Christians are being driven out of Jerusalem|date=January 13, 2022|publisher=The New Arab}}</ref>

A large number of Christians are indigenous to "Palestine",<ref name=SME/> and many of these are descended from the first Christians- the first Jews who chose to follow Christ and recognize him as the messiah. Also many Arameans, another Semitic group native to the area, accepted Christ very early on in the history of Christianity, and thus contribute a lot to the genetics of today's Christians in the Palestinian Authority, later joined over thousand years later by surviving European crusaders and their families after their defeat at the hands of the Islamic armies,<ref>http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2045/palestinian-christianity-myth</ref> when they blended into the native, Semitic Christian population.

A number of Christians are indigenous to "Palestine", and many of these are descended from the first Christians- the first Jews who chose to follow Christ and recognize him as the messiah. Also many Arameans, another Semitic group native to the area, accepted Christ very early on in the history of Christianity, and thus contribute a lot to the genetics of today's Christians in the Palestinian Authority, later joined over thousand years later by surviving European crusaders and their families after their defeat at the hands of the Islamic armies,<ref>http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2045/palestinian-christianity-myth</ref> when they blended into the native, Semitic Christian population.

[[File:Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity.JPG|thumb|The Church of the Nativity in [[Bethlehem]].]]

[[File:Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity.JPG|thumb|The Church of the Nativity in [[Bethlehem]].]]