The Holy Land is turning into Disneyland': Christians are being driven out of Jerusalem by hate crimes and economic hardship which will leave the site nothing more than a 'tourist theme park'
- Jerusalem’s Christian church leaders are worried about an existential threat
- They believe their religion may not survive in the city as Christians are leaving
- Economic hardship is forcing younger Christians to move away from Jerusalem
- At Easter the Little Petra guesthouse in the heart of Jerusalem’s Christian quarter should be bustling with pilgrims. Instead, the only ‘guests’ are a group of Jewish settlers who, judging by the charred double doors leading to what was the hotel’s souvenir shop, look like they checked in with cutting equipment.
But this is not just an unholy squabble over expensive real estate between Christian and Jewish communities in the old city. It’s part of what Jerusalem’s church leaders believe is an existential threat to all Christians in the cradle of the faith.
Within a generation they fear, Christian Jerusalem will be no more than a theme park for tourists, its residents and shopkeepers gone, its churches reduced to museums.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10724829/The-Holy-Land-turning-Disneyland-Christians-leaving-Jerusalem-hate-crimes.html
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