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Palestinians of all faiths in the West Bank were effectively imprisoned for days when Israel closed the occupied territory's land borders with Jordan earlier this month after a shooting of three Israeli guards - but the situation for Palestinians in Gaza is even grimmer, with much of the enclave's Christian population confined to two churches in Gaza City or fleeing the relentless bombardment and siege by Israeli forces.

Their suffering is one in parallel with Muslim Palestinians, but the Israeli assaults in Gaza and the West Bank threaten the very survival of Palestine's two millenia-old Christian population. These are just some of the reasons why a delegation of Christian Palestinians from Bethlehem recently made an advocacy mission to London, aiming to deliver their messages to British politicians and clergy.

°®Âþµº asked them what life is like for Christian Palestinians in the West Bank. You can read more about it here: