Israel

Israeli Christianity is extremely diverse in terms of cultural origin, language, and denomination, but the two largest traditions are Greek Orthodox and Eastern Catholic. The Christian portion of the population has been shrinking due to lower birth rates and emigration, constituting only 2.3% in 2015. Around 120,000-130,000 Christians are culturally Palestinian Arabs; they are often caught between their marginalization by Jewish nationalism and the increasingly militant Islam of Arab nationalism. Another 30,000-40,000 Christians are integrated into Israeli Hebrew-speaking society; this population consists mainly of immigrants from the former USSR and Eastern Europe. Christians have varyingly adopted strategies of assimilation, dialogue, withdrawal, and emigration to deal with the challenges of inter-religious relations as an often-marginalized community.