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Communique: 6 September 2005

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ANTI-CHRISTIAN POGROMIN THE WEST BANK

Dear HonestReporting Subscriber,

For years, media outlets have largely refused to report one of the

most troubling aspects of the Mideast conflict \ Muslim intimidation

and violence against Christians in Palestinian-controlled areas.

The latest shocking episode again made its way to very few news

consumers: Late Saturday night (Sept. 3), hundreds of armed

Palestinian Muslims crying 'Allahu Akbar' descended on the West Bank

Christian city of Taibe. For the next few hours, the mob terrorized

the community, setting sixteen homes and multiple businesses on fire,

looting valuables from both, and destroying a statue of the Virgin

Mary.

Said one eyewitness: 'It was like a war, they arrived in groups, and

many of them were holding clubs.'

The mob's 'provocation'? A Muslim woman from their neighboring village

had had a relationship with a Christian man from Taibe. The woman was

poisoned to death by her own family in an 'honor killing', and soon

after, the pogrom against Taibe commenced.

Something tells us this incident would have made international

headlines had Jews been responsible for this type of violence.

HISTORY OF MUSLIM ABUSE, CHRISTIAN FLIGHT

Incidents such as this, largely ignored by the western media, have

been the leading cause of massive Christian flight from the Holy Land

over the past few years.

The historical Christian towns of Bethlehem and Nazereth, once home to

large Christian populations, have seen that population flee en masse

due to Muslim intimidation and violence. As HonestReporting has

documented:

œ Over 100 Palestinian terrorists took over the Church of the

Nativity in 2002, using it as a fortress from which to fire upon

Israeli troops, while holding nuns, priests and monks hostage, and

looting or destroying virtually everything of value inside the

building.

œ During 2000-2002, the PA's Tanzim militia chose the Christian town

of Beit Jala as a base for unprovoked shooting at Jerusalem. The

Tanzim were specifically positioned in or near Christian homes,

hotels, churches, and the Greek Orthodox club, knowing fully well

that these sites would be hard-hit by Israeli return fire.

œ In 1995, Bethlehem was 62% Christian, but today is less than 20%

Christian. Before 1995, Bethlehem had a majority-Christian municipal

council, but when the Palestinian Authority took over the town,

Yassir Arafat replaced the municipal council with a predominately

Muslim council, and Christian Arabs fled Bethlehem in droves after a

radical Islamic wave began inciting against them. œ On February 6,

2002, the Boston Globe reported "a rampage of Palestinian Muslims

against Christian shops and churches in Ramallah... Police made no

attempt to stop the mob, which besieged and damaged a widely

respected youth center associated with the Boy Scouts of America

after torching the Christian properties...'The truth is this is a

problem between Christians and Muslims,' said one Christian

businessman."

For more on Christian persecution under the PA, see this report from

the JCPA, this article by Joseph Farah, and a report from The Prism

Group.

* * *

One AP dispatch on the Taibe pogrom did make its way to one major

paper \ the Los Angeles Times. But given the degree of destruction

and racial violence in question, and given the huge number of

reporters that remain in Israel after the Gaza withdrawal, the

unfortunate incident merited far greater coverage.

Despite appearances, the Mideast conflict is not only between Jews and

Muslims. HonestReporting encourages rs to expand awareness of

both the alarming incident in Taibe, and the larger problem of Muslim

persecution of Christians in the Holy Land, in your local paper and

community.

Thank you for your ongoing involvement in the battle against media bias.

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