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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is poised to return to power, supported by other even more right-wing parties.
JERUSALEM — The results of Israel’s Nov. 1 elections — the return of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, which is expected to form a government with the support of other, even more right-wing parties — have many people worried, and Holy Land Christians are no exception.
While Christians comprise just 2% of Israel’s population, the fallout from a government that will almost certainly oppose the creation of a Palestinian state while supporting the expansion of Jewish settlements and large budgets for ultra-Orthodox institutions may be disproportionately felt by Israel’s Christian Arabs.
Wadi Abunassar, a prominent Catholic activist who lives in northern Israel, identified four areas of concern for Israeli Christians, the majority of whom are Arabs of Palestinian descent.
“The first is from hate speech. The atmosphere isn’t pleasant. This is bad for everyone, including Arab Christians,” Abunassar said, referring to the troubling rhetoric spewed by religious far-right-wing candidates both before and during the election campaign.
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JERUSALEM — The results of Israel’s Nov. 1 elections — the return of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, which is expected to form a government with the support of other, even more right-wing parties — have many people worried, and Holy Land Christians are no exception.
While Christians comprise just 2% of Israel’s population, the fallout from a government that will almost certainly oppose the creation of a Palestinian state while supporting the expansion of Jewish settlements and large budgets for ultra-Orthodox institutions may be disproportionately felt by Israel’s Christian Arabs.
Wadi Abunassar, a prominent Catholic activist who lives in northern Israel, identified four areas of concern for Israeli Christians, the majority of whom are Arabs of Palestinian descent.
“The first is from hate speech. The atmosphere isn’t pleasant. This is bad for everyone, including Arab Christians,” Abunassar said, referring to the troubling rhetoric spewed by religious far-right-wing candidates both before and during the election campaign.
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Israeli Elections Stir Concern Among Holy Land Christians
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is poised to return to power, supported by other even more right-wing parties.
