Living as a Christian in the West Bank

Occupation, violence, and feelings of being forgotten, reign supreme for Christians in the West Bank, according to the General Secretary of the East Jerusalem Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

Peter Nasir, a partner of Embrace the Middle East in his role with the East Jerusalem YMCA, lives in Jerusalem, and told en of the difficulties of life living in the West Bank, where residents are subject to occupying Israeli forces.

He revealed that violence persists between locals and settlers who divide the land, of how residents must pass through checkpoints and gates which separate towns and villages, and of how roads are often closed at short notice by the army, sometimes without much apparent reason.