On October 25, the Jerusalem Post published an article about hundreds of Palestinian Christians fleeing the Palestinian territories. An Israeli spokesman referred in this regard to a radical sermon of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya.
This article, like the sermon of the Palestinian preacher, reinforces fears among Copts and other Christians outside the Arab World that Muslim leaders are not only anti-Jewish but also anti-Christian.
Through our board member Father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen, we received information from the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, which includes a response on the Jerusalem Post article and a description of the hard times all Palestinians experience, Muslims and Christians alike.