Pity Jesus if he was to attempt to make the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem today! It is noticeable that despite the repression of Palestinian Christians, Christian leaders criticism of Israel has been muted to being non-existent

In the US Christians set up their own Christians United for Israel, which considers Palestinian Christians as some breed of Muslim, proving that religion always takes second place to politics.

Just as the Pope backed William of Orange and the Protestant Settlers at the Battle of the Boyne.

Tony Greenstein