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April 15, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-holyland14apr14,1,2321676.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Strife Spurs Slow Exodus of West Bank Christians

(Los Angeles Times) Ken Ellingwood - The outbreak of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians more than four years ago has accelerated emigration by Palestinian Christians that began years earlier. Researchers and officials say 3,000 Christians have left the Bethlehem area since 2000, heading for the U.S., Australia, and Latin America. Over the past decade, the Palestinian Christian population in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, and Gaza has declined about 10%, leaving about 45,000 remaining, said Bernard Sabella, a Bethlehem University sociologist.

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