Eleven Things Christians Should Know

“Bethlehem will become a town of churches devoid of Christians if you transfer the area to the Palestinian Authority,” predicted the late mayor of Bethlehem, Elias Freij, pleading—in 1993—not to transfer the area to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) control. The heads of Bethlehem and Beit Jallah monasteries begged the U.S. and Israel—in 1993—to refrain from transferring the area