Editing Palestinian Christians (section)

== Geographic distribution ==

In 2009, there were an estimated 50,000 Christians in the Palestinian territories, mostly in the West Bank, with about 3,000 in the Gaza Strip.<ref name="ReutersFactbox">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-mideast-christians-sb/factbox-christians-in-israel-west-bank-and-gaza-idUKTRE5491FH20090510 |title=FACTBOX – Christians in Israel, West Bank and Gaza |work=[[Reuters]] |date=10 May 2009 |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215204247/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-mideast-christians-sb/factbox-christians-in-israel-west-bank-and-gaza-idUKTRE5491FH20090510 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, about 1,100 Christians lived in the Gaza Strip – down from over 1300 in 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Israel denies Gaza Christians permits to celebrate Christmas with families |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-gaza-christians-christmas-celebration-permits-denied |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211223653/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-gaza-christians-christmas-celebration-permits-denied |url-status=live }}</ref> About 80% of the Christian Palestinians live in an urban environment. In the West Bank, they are concentrated mostly in Jerusalem and its vicinity: Bethlehem, Beit Jala, Beit Sahour, Ramallah, Bir Zayt, Jifna, Ein Arik, Taybeh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Palestine |url=https://fanack.com/palestine/population-of-palestine/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Fanack.com |language=en-US |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128090807/https://fanack.com/palestine/population-of-palestine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the total Christian population of 185,000 in [[Israel]], about 80% are designated as Arabs, many of whom self-identify as Palestinian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-palestinians-not-israeli-arabs-makdisi-blowback-20150327-story.html|title=Opinion: They're Palestinians, not 'Israeli Arabs'|date=27 March 2015|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622143001/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-palestinians-not-israeli-arabs-makdisi-blowback-20150327-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ReutersFactbox" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Arab Israeli Village Celebrates Chechnya Roots|url=http://forward.com/articles/188529/arab-israeli-village-celebrates-chechnya-roots-t/|work=The Forward|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411212618/http://forward.com/articles/188529/arab-israeli-village-celebrates-chechnya-roots-t/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The majority (56%) of Palestinian Christians live in the Palestinian diaspora.<ref name="SabellaBushra">{{cite web |url=http://www.al-bushra.org/holyland/sabella.htm |title=Palestinian Christians: Challenges and Hopes |last1=Sabella |first1=Bernard |publisher=Al-Bushra |date=12 February 2003 |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415005256/http://www.al-bushra.org/holyland/sabella.htm |archive-date=15 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>