The Christians of Jerusalem – the city at the centre of the world on medieval maps – are now a tiny fraction of the population, just 10,000 people, less than two per cent of the total, a huge drop from the 11 per cent a few decades ago. The great majority are Palestinian Arabs, though there is also a small and significant Armenian community.
Those Jerusalem Christians face the same problems as all Palestinians – for instance, should a Jerusalemite wish to marry someone from Bethlehem, the couple might have to wait up to 20 years for a permit to enable them to live together in Jerusalem.
