Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Gaza's Christians Worried About Ethnic Cleansing

Israel’s Channel 2 News reported last week that Christians in the Gaza Strip are being persecuted and victimized by Hamas activists, simply because they are Christians and not Muslims.


According to some of the testimonies received by Channel 2 News, Muslim extremists in Gaza burned down a Christian library located at the centre of the strip, and a few weeks later burned down a Christian school as well.


Kamal El-Tarazi, a former senior security official in the Palestinian Authority, said in an interview that he was shot at by gunmen while he was driving in his car in Gaza. After hiding in Christian cemeteries and churches, El-Tarazi made his way to the West Bank to seek asylum, while leaving behind his wife and daughter.


El-Tarazi described some of the hostile activities towards Christians in the Gaza Strip, among them attacks on Christian organizations and churches. He also claimed that Christian women who do not wear a veil have acid thrown in their faces. Gazan Christians continuously tell of incidents of shootings and arson.


Channel 2 News reported that the Christian community in Gaza consists today of only 1,500 people, down from 4,500 at the time Hamas took over the Strip in 2007. A particular incident which caused a large number of Christians to leave the Strip was the murder of a young Baptist Christian who was involved in charity activities Gaza.


Saba Hir, a senior priest summarized by saying he was concerned about an ethnic cleansing of the Christians in Gaza.


Click here to view the report from Channel 2 News







http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/4600/Gaza%27s_Christians_Worried_About_Ethnic_Cleansing/

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Israel's Children under siege from Muslim "Palestinians" via qassam missiles directed at civilians

"Palestinian" Occupation - Israel's Children under siege from Muslim "Palestinians" via qassam missiles directed at civilians

11 Qassams fired toward Sderot; woman injured
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3495363,00.html
Ynetnews, Israel -
Another Qassam hit the city's industrial zone, while the rest landed in open fields. The heavy barrage began at around 8 am, as Sderot's children were ...

Israel children suffering rocket-related stress Israel Today
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=15048

'There is no end to the rocket fire' Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1200475897738&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Sdeort: Quarter of all pupils stay home Ynetnews
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Security/12578.htm

Barrage of rockets hits Sderot as kids go to school
Israel Insider, Israel
By Israel Insider staff January 17, 2008 Thirteen Qassams fired by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza Thursday morning hit the western Negev city of Sderot. ...

Study: Most Sderot kids exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress
Ha'aretz, Israel -
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/945489.html

The town of Sderot and the western Negev have been subjected to
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/945440.html launched by Palestinian militants



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