Posted on 12/29/2021 5:41:17 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
While Christians are facing persecution and shrinking numbers throughout the Middle East, Israeli Christians are facing a different reality with growing numbers and high quality of life.
The number of Christians in Israel grew by 1.4 percent in 2020 reaching 182,000 people with 84 percent saying they are satisfied with life in Israel, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Israeli Christians make up about 1.9 percent of the state's population, most of them speaking Arabic.
The majority of Christians live in Nazareth (21,400), Haifa (16,500), Jerusalem (12,900) and Shefar'am (10,400), according to the CBS.
The recent storms that swept through the region, such as the Syrian war, Iraq upheaval and the spread of Islamist terror have left the Christian community in Israel unscathed.
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Pat Buchanan warned that removing secular Arab dictators, to be replaced by radical Muslims rulers, would harm Arab Christians. It was one of several reasons he opposed the Iraq War.
It is very sad that both the USA and the Israelis are fighting for the side in Syria that wants to destroy the ancient Christian community there.
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