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''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>
In 2001, it was brought up how Arafat's members raped Christians in Beit Jala.<ref>Linoy Bar Geffen, [https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/1468689 Naveh: Arafat members raped Christians in Beit Jala], Ynet, 27/12/2001.<blockquote>
In 2001, amids hypocrisy by Islamic Arafat propaganda as if he cares about Bethlehen, it was brought up how Arafat's members raped Christians in Beit Jala.<ref>Linoy Bar Geffen, [https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/1468689 Naveh: Arafat members raped Christians in Beit Jala], Ynet, 27/12/2001.<blockquote>
Minister Danny Naveh responded to a proposal for an order submitted following the ban on Arafat coming to Bethlehem at Xmas, saying that "Arafat is not a holy Christian but a Muslim terrorist."
Minister Danny Naveh responded to a proposal for an order submitted following the ban on Arafat coming to Bethlehem at Xmas, saying that "Arafat is not a holy Christian but a Muslim terrorist."
Minister Neveh responded on behalf of the government to a proposal for an order submitted following the ban on Arafat traveling to Bethlehem for Xmas. In his response: "Arafat is not a holy Christian but a terrorist Muslim", and repeated several times what provoked a wave of shouts from the Arab wing in the plenum, shouts that became a riot when Naveh added: "In Beit Jala, Palestinian Palestinians and Arafat members raped Christian girls" ...
Minister Neveh responded on behalf of the government to a proposal for an order submitted following the ban on Arafat traveling to Bethlehem for Xmas. In his response: "Arafat is not a holy Christian but a terrorist Muslim", and repeated several times what provoked a wave of shouts from the Arab wing in the plenum, shouts that became a riot when Naveh added: "In Beit Jala, Palestinian Palestinians and Arafat members raped Christian girls" ...
When the meeting resumed, Naveh clarified that the things he said were quoted in a newspaper article and repeated: "Relations between Christians and Muslims in Bethlehem have worsened, Muslims have harmed churches.. and sexually harmed young Christian women."</blockquote></ref>
When the meeting resumed, Naveh clarified that the things he said were quoted in a newspaper article and repeated: "Relations between Christians and Muslims in Bethlehem have worsened, Muslims have harmed churches.. and sexually harmed young Christian women."</blockquote></ref>
Author, researcher:<ref>Justus Reid Weiner, "Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society," Jerusalem Ctr Public Affairs, 2005. (ISBN9652180483, 9789652180483). [https://www.jcpa.org/christian-persecution.htm]
[https://www.jcpa.org/text/Christian-Persecution-Weiner.pdf PDF]</ref>
<blockquote>Palestinian Christians are a religious minority whose unique interests and problems have received scant attention. They are a group that has faced almost uninterrupted persecution in the years since the Oslo peace process began, suffering from the difficulties of being a religious minority living in a Palestinian Authority whose inner workings, both from a legal and societal perspective, are often governed by strict adherence to Muslim religious law. They are a group that has been abandoned by its leaders, who have chosen to curry favor with the Palestinian leadership by refusing to acknowledge the magnitude of the threat.
They are a group whose persecution has gone almost entirely ignored by the international community, the relevant NGOs, and other human rights advocates.
Facing widespread corruption in the PA security and police forces, facing growing anarchy and lawlessness in an increasingly xenophobic and restless Muslim populace, the Palestinian Christians have been all but abandoned by the very people whose task it is to protect them.
The current massive emigration of Palestinian Christians from the territories can be demonstratively linked to the political empowerment of the Palestinian Authority in those areas. In this monograph, Justus Reid Weiner analyzes their plight, and discloses why their 2000-year-old community's survival is in doubt.
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Author:<ref>Friedmann, Robert R.. A Diary of Four Years of Terrorism and Anti-semitism 2000-2004. United States: iUniverse, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UBavSQq-2tEC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116 116].</ref>
<blockquote>In addition to imaginary charges and claims that have mostly been proven baseless [i.e., the "massacre" in Jenin (that never happened)] Palestinians have now shifted their propaganda to the American Churches after realizing that there is well-grounded support there for Israel.
The "Holy Land Trust" has launched an effort to convince Christians in the U.S.that Israel—not the Palestinians—is victimizing Christians in "Palestine." At least one Arab-American reporter does not buy this propaganda and points out the horrendous abuse that Christian Arabs (and non-Arabs) suffered from Palestinians.</blockquote>
"Arafat's Islamo-fascist storm troopers have shown nothing but contempt for Christians and their holy sites." Decries Chrustian Arab exposing the semi Islamized 'so-called "Christians" even rationalize terrorism.'<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030701053221/https://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31285 The truth about Christians in 'Palestine'], WND, February 28, 2003.
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There's a new propaganda effort under way designed to convince churches in the U.S. that Israel, not Yasser Arafat's the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states, is victimizing Christians in the Middle East.
The proposition would be laughable if it were not so well organized and ingeniously conceived and diabolically executed.
A group called the Holy Land Trust is currently organizing tours of large evangelical churches in the U.S. and spreading venomous lies about Israel and obscuring the outrageous persecution of Christians within the Palestinian Authority.
The lies this group tells in the name of Christianity are big and bold. They include the standard lines about Jews (supposedly) robbing the homes of Arabs, stealing their land and brutalizing them in a repressive state of military occupation. These so-called Christians even rationalize terrorism.
I've dealt with the myths many times in the past. But, for the sake of those U.S. churches being hoodwinked by this sophisticated, slick and well-funded propaganda campaign of the Holy Land Trust, let me today give you a glimpse of the truth about the plight of Christians in the Islamicized land of "Palestine" today.
Arafat's Islamo-fascist storm troopers have shown nothing but contempt for Christians and their holy sites – particularly in the last five or six years.
In 1997, Arafat turned the Greek Orthodox monastery in Bethlehem into his own personal residence during visits to that city. The same year, the Palestine Liberation Organization seized Abraham's Oak Russian Holy Trinity Monastery in Hebron, evicting monks and nuns.
When the Arab uprising of September 2000 began, Arafat's Tanzim terrorist forces chose the Christian town of Beit Jala as an outpost from which its snipers shot at Jerusalem. They hid themselves in Christian homes, hotels, schools and churches so that return fire from Israel would rain death and destruction on Christians.
Last year, about 150 armed PA terrorists took over Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, holding 40 Christian clergy and nuns hostage, while firing out at surrounding Israeli forces. Rather than risk the lives of the captives and the destruction of the historic church, Israel negotiated the release of the terrorists – but the church was irreparably scarred. The terrorists stole gold, prayer books, crosses and anything else that was not nailed down.
If you want to see the dramatic story of this occupation, watch the remarkable documentary "Holyland: Christians in Peril." [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977139912603681][https://superstore.wnd.com/holy-land-christians-in-peril-trojan-horse-dvd/]
About the same time, Palestinian terrorists took over St. Mary's Church in Bethlehem, holding a priest and several nuns against their will. Again, the terrorists used the church to fire out at Israeli troops, who were ordered not to fire on the Christian church.
Even in Jerusalem, where Israel permits the Palestinian Authority-appointed Waqf autonomy over the Temple Mount, Christians as well as Jews are prohibited from entering the site holy to both faiths.
Christian cemeteries are defaced in the areas under control by the PA. Anti-Christian graffiti, such as "First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people," is commonplace. Christian businesses are burned. Christian women are raped. There is no legal recourse for the victims in this budding Islamic state.
As far back as 1997, the London Times observed: "Life in Bethlehem has become insufferable for many members of the dwindling Christian minorities. Increasing Muslim-Christian tensions have left some Christians reluctant to celebrate Christmas in the town at the heart of the story of Christ's birth."
As a result of the intimidation, the harassment and the persecution of Christians in "Palestine," Christians are fleeing for their very lives. They are abandoning their homes, their churches and their businesses.
This is the stark truth of the Arab and Muslim occupation of what were formerly Christian towns in Judea and Samaria.
Israel's only role in this crime was in negotiating, under intense international pressure, the so-called "peace" treaties that allowed these atrocities to happen – that, in fact, made them inevitable.
So, if the Holy Land Trust brings its traveling road show to your church, arm yourself with the facts, and tell the deceivers to take a hike.</blockquote></ref>
Overview:<ref>[https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2020/12/how-yasir-arafat-drove-christians-from-bethlehem/ How Yasir Arafat Drove Christians from Bethlehem] D. Weinberg, Mosaic Mag., Dec. 28, 2020.</ref>
Overview:<ref>[https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2020/12/how-yasir-arafat-drove-christians-from-bethlehem/ How Yasir Arafat Drove Christians from Bethlehem] D. Weinberg, Mosaic Mag., Dec. 28, 2020.</ref>