OK. That’s valid. There are Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel, though I don’t think they were there for 2000 years. The indigenous Christians who kept all the mitzvot but believed Jesus was the Messiah became outcasts when they refused to support Bar Kochba’s revolt, and subsequently died out. I don’t think there was a Franciscan monk or a Roman Catholic among them. But let’s not quibble. Christians have been around Israel a long time. Sure. Lately, they’ve been abandoning Arabic and calling themselves Chaldean Christians, preferring Aramaic. They’ve been treated badly by the so-called Palestinians, especially since Bethlehem came under their rule. It was heinous for Bethlehem to be placed under their rule, but on the other hand at the time they identified themselves with the Palestinian cause. George Habash was a Christian from Lud, and a major terrorist. I’m glad that they no longer consider themselves Palestinians. That makes it a whole lot easier to forge an alliance with them, which is probably in the works on the QT.
St. Peter was the first Pope of the Catholic Church and Christians have been in the Holy Land ever since.
George Habash was a Christian from Lud, and a major terrorist.
Do you need me to give you a list of Jewish acts of terrorism?