Monday, December 24, 2007
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Yourish: Gaza's Christians keep low profile during Christmas after slaying of activist - '...Fifty years ago, the Christian population of the territories was estimated to be 15%. It is now 1.5%. Christian flight from the Middle East is the biggest open secret of the area. Did you know that most Lebanese Americans are Christian? And by “most” I mean “90%”? Why is that, I wonder, especially when you factor in the famous Muslim tolerance for other religions. I mean, that’s what they tell us, right? Islam is more tolerant of other religions than, say, Christianity or Judaism. And yet—Gaza’s Christian population is down to a paltry few thousand, and the ones remaining want to leave and never return. But don’t think they’ll get a warm welcome, even in Bethlehem, one of the biggest Christian tourist attraction in the world. Bethlehem used to be 80% Christian. That was before the Palestinian Authority took over running the town several decades ago...'
