When I ran into some brothers who were celebrating the declaration of Jerusalem as the new capital of Israel as a fulfillment of a Christian prophesy, it then hit me that we live in a world ruled by debates. We debate about Bobrisky and his Gateman Jacob, and other mondaine things, so people forget to invest in knowing the truth about some other things.
Some other things like, "Out of the 8.585 million population of Israel, Christians constitute 2%, which is about 169000, unlike Saudi with a 4.4% Christian population or Jordan with a 4-5% Christian population or Lebanon with a 40.4% Christian population. And of the 2% Christians in Israel, between 60 - 80% are Arab Christians.
A tiny fraction are Coptic Christians. Jews who believe in Christ are called messianic Jews, and they are only 15000 in number out of the over 8million population. Several applications by Christian Jews to immigrate to Israel have been rejected and you will see why when you read further. Those who found their way into Israel were still denied citizenship until 2008 when the Supreme Court ruled that people who themselves were never Jews but are descendants of Jews can become citizens.
Till date, where an adult Jew converts to Christianity just like is the case with any other religion, he or she loses his protection by the state of Israel under the Law of Return. Jews consider Christians as pagans for their belief in the Trinity and claim that God is an Incarnate human who died to forgive sins committed against him. Therefore, Christian Jews who are the most educated in Israel are the most discriminated against.
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