Article 6YJMK Palestinian Christians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say they're facing 'systematic attacks'

Palestinian Christians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say they're facing 'systematic attacks'

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The village of Taybeh describes itself as the last entirely Christian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. But three priests from Taybeh just put out a statement saying that centuries of Christian history "is now at serious risk of erosion due to the systematic targeting of its land, holy sites and people." The clergymen say Jewish settlers are carrying out the attacks. The statement accuses Israeli settlers of lighting fires near a Christian church and a cemetery, grazing their animals on Palestinian land and building illegal settlement outposts in the vicinity. The World's Matthew Bell has our story.

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