Palestinian Christians have been dispossessed by Israel in the same way as Palestinian Muslims, although in nowhere near the same numbers. From Shafik Mandhai at middleeasteye.net:
The faith took root in Gaza at its inception and it is home to some of the oldest Christian sites in the world
A woman prays at the Saint Porphyrius Church in January 2023 (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
Israel’s attack on the fifth-century Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza has turned the spotlight on the besieged Palestinian enclave’s Christian population.
At least 18 people were killed in the bombing on a social services annex in the church’s complex of buildings. Both Muslims and Christians took shelter within its walls hoping that its historical and religious importance would spare it the carnage that has affected other areas of Gaza.
As part of historic Palestine it is impossible to disconnect the history of Palestinian Christians in Gaza from those who share their faith in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and within the Palestinian community in Israel.
The region is the birthplace of Christianity and the location of many of the events of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.
Palestinian Christians in Gaza, like other Palestinians there, do not see themselves as detached from the wider Palestinian nation.
