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Reuters Anti-Israel Demonization Now Just Silly: Israeli Jews Persecuting Palestinian Christians. Muslim Palestinians, On the Other Hand, Have Persecuted Nobody and Burned No Churches

Oh please:

Despairing of life under Israeli occupation, many Palestinian Christians are moving abroad, threatening their ancient links to Bethlehem and the land where Jesus was born. "There is a real fear that 50 years down the road, the Holy Land will be without Christians," said Mitri Raheb, 45-year-old pastor of the Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. Pressures on majority Muslims are just as daunting - and many of them also leave - but dwindling Christian communities look more precarious as the young and dynamic pull up roots... Christian leaders say they face no religious persecution from the Palestinian Muslim majority or from Israel.

You know... we remember a time when biased journalists had to be talented. They had to take some time to carefully wrap their agendas up in misdirection and plausible deniability, subtly combining their gatekeeping functions with delicate framing. They couldn't just make things up that are totally incoherently stupid. Because when they did that, people would say things like "wait - that was totally incoherently stupid - what could possibly be going on here?" But not any more. Now journalists can write Christian leaders deny that there's any religious persecution of Christians by Palestinian Muslims.

Here's a Christian leader complaining about religious persecution from the Palestinian Muslim majority. Here are a couple more. Christian churches are being undermined with impunity, Christian villages are being attacked on the thinnest pretexts, and Christian rights are being vitiated by encroaching sharia. Meanwhile, Palestinian TV is broadcasting sermons calling on Palestinians to rise up against Christians.

But there's no religious persecution from Palestinian Muslims. And Christians are fleeing the West Bank because of Israeli Jews. Obviously.

References:
* Misery tempts Palestinian Christians to flee
* Video: Palestinian Christians Being Attacked, Firebombed Out Of The West Bank (Bonus: Sharia Law In the Palestinian Constitution) [MR]
* Yes, the Pope Is Catholic - Either You Believe 'The Pope Made Them Attack Churches' Or You Know History [MR]

Previously:
* Reuters Gives Advice: Want To Dampen Muslim Extremism? Support People Who Want To Commit Genocide.
* Reuters Anti-Israel Absurdity Watch - "Being A Human Shield" Is A "Protest"
* Reuters Misleads Readers About Hamas's Treaty Obligations, Misses Everything That's Important About Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking

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