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== Christians in the West Bank ==
== Christians in the West Bank ==
[[File:Catholics in the West Bank.jpg|thumbnail|Catholics in the West Bank.]]
[[File:Catholics in the West Bank.jpg|thumbnail|Catholics in the West Bank on Good Friday of 2012.]]
A large number of Christians are indigenous to the region,<ref name=SME>{{cite web|url=https://blog.sme.sk/kandalaft/politika/palestinski-krestania-zabudnuta-obet-okupacie|title=Palestinian Christians - a forgotten victim of the occupation|date=April 26, 2012|publisher=SME Blog (Slovakia)}}</ref> 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 large number of Christians are indigenous to the region,<ref name=SME>{{cite web|url=https://blog.sme.sk/kandalaft/politika/palestinski-krestania-zabudnuta-obet-okupacie|title=Palestinian Christians - a forgotten victim of the occupation|date=April 26, 2012|publisher=SME Blog (Slovakia)}}</ref> 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.