There are 187,000 people living in Israel. 900 Christians. So they make up 1.9 percent. population of about 10 million people in this country.
The vast majority in this group – 75.3 percent. – are Arab Christians, which makes up 6.9 percent. the Arab population of Israel. On the cusp of Christmas, the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics announced this on December 22.
Most Arab Christians live in the north of the country, in Galilee and the region around the port city of Haifa. The cities with the most Christians are Nazareth (20,800), Haifa (16,800), Jerusalem (13,000) and Shefaram near Haifa (10,600).
According to published statistics, 815 Christian couples married and Christian women had 2,343 children in Israel in 2021. On average, 2.99 people live in a Christian household in Israel, compared to 3.02 for Jews and 4.3 for Muslims.
Israeli president calls on Christians to ‘fight evil’
Meanwhile, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Christian churches to support his country in “eradicating evil from the Holy Land and enabling a different future for Israelis, Palestinians and the region.”
At a meeting with patriarchs and church leaders on Thursday evening, the Israeli leader condemned “extreme fundamentalist Islam” as an “expression of an evil empire” and a global problem. This “evil empire emanates from Tehran and believes in the ideology of jihad, which we must all eradicate,” the president said at a meeting marking the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays.
Isaac Herzog added that there have been “some very disappointing comments recently from some very important leaders of the Christian world and we expect a change of direction.” However, he did not provide details or names.
Israeli diplomats and Jewish religious leaders have repeatedly called on Pope Francis to take a clearer stand against the atrocities committed by Hamas.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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