{"id":15719,"date":"2026-08-26T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/palestine\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:26","slug":"palestine","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>: 5,483,450, or 731 people per km\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official languages<\/strong>: Arabic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">The Palestinian Territories and Eastern Christians<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Palestine is an integral part of the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>The predominant religion is Sunni Islam, which accounts for 97% of the population. In 2013, there were approximately 60,000 Christians, or 1.2 percent of the population, generally of the Greek Melkite, Orthodox, and Latin rites.<br \/>\nIn the Gaza Strip, there are very few Christians\u2014fewer than 3,000\u2014most of whom are Orthodox.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2013, Bishop Pascal Gollnisch, then director general of the \u0152uvre d\u2019Orient, reiterated the urgency of peace, emphasizing that \u201cIf Christians, Jews, and Muslims would only reflect on the foundations of their faith, they would see the obvious unsustainability of the situation in Jerusalem and the urgency of sending a prophetic message in the service of peace.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"video\" data-component=\"07-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YtQbxiujsTo&#038;t=\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"video__title\">Holy Land: Christians Caught in the Crossfire (KTO)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-dark video__cta\" data-video-trigger>\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch the video\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"video__cta-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M5 3.5v9l8-4.5z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"video__poster\" data-video-trigger aria-label=\"Watch the video: Holy Land: Christians Caught in the Crossfire (KTO)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"video__poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/israel-video.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"video__play\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 28\" fill=\"currentColor\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M22 12.268c1.3333.7698 1.3333 2.6943 0 3.4641L3.5 26.4093c-1.33333.7698-3-.1925-3-1.7321V3.32289c0-1.53961 1.66667-2.50186 3-1.73205L22 12.268Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":15041,"template":"","class_list":["post-15719","pays","type-pays","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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