What kind of logic is this?! Who kills whom? What a mess!!!
Eastern Orthodox Christians (in Russia, Ukraine and so on) has nothing to do with the Arab Christians of Bethlehem, and the latter aren't dessendants of the first followers of Jesus Christ (those were Jews, as Jesus himself).
And yes, Arab Christians represented the majority of Bethlehem population, until fellow Arabs of Muslim faith and PLO persuasion (not Israel) began to squeeze them away by all means, violent more often than not.
It seems that several Christians have gotten caught in the crossfire. There were posts here around Sep 22 where Israel went on a rampage in Bethlehem and some Christians were killed. It was surprising to me that Christians were being targeted . . . or being used for target practice. Take your pick.
My point, of course, is that it appears that Israel gets justifiably outraged by the latest suicide bombers and goes off and and starts killing in reprisal indiscriminately. It may be difficult for them to determine who was responsible so they seem to shoot innocent along with the guilty.
What the heck are you talking about? Most of the Arab Christian in that area are under the Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem. Yes, there are Melkites under the Roman Pope and Copts under the Egyptian Pope, but most are in full communion with the Orthodox in Eastern Europe.