‘Hopeless’: Palestinian Christians leave West Bank as hardships mount

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Palestinian Christians in the West Bank face increasing hardships that threaten their long-standing presence in the region. Reverend Mitri Raheb warns that ongoing economic and security challenges may lead to the disappearance of this community by 2050.

Palestinian Christians call themselves “living stones” and say they have lived continuously in the Holy Land for the last 2,000 years. Maybe not for much longer, believes Reverend Mitri Raheb. “If the current conditions continue, there will not be a single Palestinian Christian left by 2050,” said Raheb, founder and president of Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. Faced with growing uncertainty over economic and security conditions, hundreds of...