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Eastern Orthodox Christians in Israel and Palestine have many churches, monasteries, seminaries, and other religious institutions all over the land, particularly in Jerusalem. Israel also has many followers of the Russian Orthodox Church, mainly through interfaith marriages and immigration from the former Soviet Union (1989–1990s).
Israel has been accused of obstructing Christian worship by Palestinian Christians by withholding entry permits at times of religious significance to the community. [119] The Israel Nature and Parks Authority has also been accused of encroaching on Christian holy sites. [ 120 ]
At the start of the 21st century there were approximately 200,000 Christians in Israel [1] and the Palestinian territories, [2] representing about 1.5% of the total population. The largest Catholic Churches included 64,400 Greek Melkite Catholics , 32,200 Latin Catholics, and 11,270 Maronite Catholics .
Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 15 nations: Argentina (Catholic Church), [13] ... Israel 266,000 3.5% 3.5% ...
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, on the eve of Christmas 2013, there were approximately 161,000 Christians in Israel, about 2 percent of the general population in Israel. 80% of the Christians are Arab [254] with smaller Christian communities of ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, Greeks, Armenians, and Assyrians. [255]
Many, but not all, Christians in Israel and the West Bank are Palestinian. Christian Palestinians themselves are a minority compared to the larger Palestinian population that adheres to Islam.
Among Arab Christians in Israel, some emphasize pan-Arabism, whilst a small minority enlists in the Israel Defense Forces. [180] [181] Since September 2014 Christian families or clans who have either Aramaic/Assyrian or Maronite cultural heritage are considered an ethnicity separate from Israeli Arabs and can register themselves as Arameans ...
In addition, a certain number of former Soviet citizens, primarily women of Russian and Ukrainian ethnicity, emigrated to Israel, after marrying Muslim or Christian Arab citizens of Israel, who went to study in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. 1,557,698 people from the current Russia and Ukraine live in Israel. [67] Finns