Correspondent in Jerusalem
If it were up to her, Jihane* would probably choose to stay in Jerusalem.
“The idea of leaving the land where Jesus Christ lived is terribly painful to me
,” sighs this woman with brown hair and elegant attire, who works in a Christian school on the edge of the old town. However, since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, she has thought about it constantly.
His two sisters, who have lived in the United States for a long time, encouraged him to take the plunge. There, they repeat, her three children would have access to so many opportunities... Whereas here the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems more hopeless than ever. The absence of pilgrims, driven out successively by the Covid crisis, then by the tragedy of October 7, deprives the community of a large part of its income.
“With this terrible crisis, many Christians are losing hope,
” laments Jihane
. Every Sunday, with family or friends, everyone only talks about…
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