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Christians schools in Israel went on strike in 2015 at the beginning of the 2015 academic year in protest at budget cuts aimed at them. The strike affected 33,000 pupils, 40 percent of them Muslim. In 2013, Israel covered 65% of the budget of Palestinian Christian schools in Israel, a figure cut that year to 34%.
The number of Christians in Israel is higher than in the Occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli Christians are historically bound with neighbouring Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian Christians. The cities and communities where most Christians in Israel reside are Haifa, Nazareth, Shefa-Amr, Jish, Mi'ilya, Fassuta and Kafr Yasif. [7]
Some Christians are also citizens of Israel. Many Palestinian Christians live in diaspora communities. A few tourists braved the day. Carmen Ros, a lawyer who lives in Jerusalem, had managed to ...
This is a list of notable Arab-Israeli Christians (also known as Palestinian-Israeli Christians). The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent categories, to facilitate easy lookup.
Palestinian Christians did not accept Israel’s denials. “It’s heartbreaking,” said the Rev. Mitri Raheb, a Palestinian Lutheran leader based in Bethlehem, where Christians believe Jesus ...
Some Christians are also citizens of Israel. Many Palestinian Christians live in diaspora communities. Susan Muaddi Darraj, a novelist in Baltimore, said Christians embody a diversity of ...
On 16 December 2023, two Palestinian Christians, Nahida Khalil Anton and her daughter Samar Kamal Anton, were shot and killed while they were walking inside the grounds of the Holy Family Church to go to the bathroom during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. [1] [2] The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that the shots were fired by an Israeli ...
Christians in the Holy Land say they’re under attack as Israeli-Palestinian violence soars and Jewish extremists appear emboldened by Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government.