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by Bassam Tawil
• December 27, 2015 at 5:00 am
- The Christians
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are no different from their brothers
in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Libya, who face a ruthless campaign of
ethnic cleansing at the hands Islamist groups. Yet Palestinian
Authority (PA) leaders want the world to blame only Israel for the
predicament of Christians.
- The PA's
decision to cancel Christmas celebrations had nothing to do with
Israel or the "intifada." It came after threats by Muslim
extremists to target Christians and their holy sites.
- On Christmas
Day, Muslim Palestinians hurled stones at the car taking the head of
the Catholic Church in the Holy Land to Bethlehem. It would not
surprise anyone if next year the PA decides to cancel Christmas
celebrations for "security reasons."
- If, in the
media and the international community, this strategy of turning a
blind eye to the Muslim persecution of Christians continues, next
year's Christmas in Bethlehem is sure to be an even less happy one.
Muslim Palestinians in the Bethlehem area, among
them men dressed in Santa Claus costumes, hurl stones at Israeli
soldiers while yelling "Allahu Akbar," on Dec. 18, 2015.
(Image source: Anadolu Agency video
screenshot)
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This was not a happy Christmas for our Palestinian brothers in the
West Bank who happen to be Christian. The Palestinian Christians have now
become a tiny minority in Bethlehem. This year, they were just lucky that
Christmas passed without a major terrorist attack or serious outbreaks of
violence.
On Christmas day, Muslim Palestinians hurled stones at the car
taking the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, to Bethlehem. Twal,
head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, was fortunately not hurt in
the attack. The stone-throwers, local residents said, were from a refugee
camp near Bethlehem. They had apparently said they were opposed to
holding any form of celebrations in Bethlehem -- on the pretext that
there is no reason to celebrate while Palestinians are being killed by
Israelis -- who, by the way, have merely been trying to stop Palestinians
from killing them.
by Raymond Ibrahim
• December 27, 2015 at 4:00 am
- "People
are even killed inside the camps, and the refugees are afraid to say
if they saw somebody get killed. ... they're buying and selling
ladies and even girls."— Former ISIS operative.
- "We will
not stop hunting Christians and burning churches. Christians are
Allah's enemies!" — Extremist Islamic leaders, Indonesia.
- "My family
members and I have been marked for death, and everyone in the
community denied ever knowing my family or me..." — A convert
to Christianity, Nigeria.
- "In
Bangladesh, Christians are a weak minority and this is why Muslims
are attacking us." — Nirmal Rozario, general secretary of the
Bangladesh Christian Association.
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Islamic State jihadists execute three Assyrian
Christian men in Syria, on September 23, 2015.
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Teams of trained killers disguised as refugees were sent by the
Islamic State (IS) into U.N. refugee camps to kill Christians, including
"in their beds," and to kidnap young girls to sell or use as
slaves. This was revealed on October 24, according to a report, soon
after an IS operative "got cold feet and renounced jihad after
witnessing Christians helping out other refugees within the camp. He then
revealed that he had been sent with an Islamist hit squad to eliminate
Christians as part of the hate group's ideological drive to wipe the
religion off the map." The report also quoted an aid worker saying:
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