Yes. It's nuanced. Palestine is a nation under attack. The Christians band together across sectarian lines (Orthodox, RC, protestant denominations) because they're all in one boat from the perspective of persecution. And at another level all people there (Muslims and Christians) band together because they're all under the threat of the Israeli state, including their children going to school. The feeling I get from talking to pious Christians who have come from Palestine is that the above is more of an issue than Muslim persecution, though that does exist.
And my understanding is that Hezbollah and even Hamas are less sectarian and more secular in their function than they are painted in the west. Imagine Salvation Army or Catholic Charities beefing up and filling in societal functions in a crisis where the state is weak, not saying it's exactly the same thing but to give a sense of the direction I'm describing.
I would imagine that you have an perspective as a result of that experience.
Yes. It's nuanced. Palestine is a nation under attack. The Christians band together across sectarian lines (Orthodox, RC, protestant denominations) because they're all in one boat from the perspective of persecution. And at another level all people there (Muslims and Christians) band together because they're all under the threat of the Israeli state, including their children going to school. The feeling I get from talking to pious Christians who have come from Palestine is that the above is more of an issue than Muslim persecution, though that does exist.
And my understanding is that Hezbollah and even Hamas are less sectarian and more secular in their function than they are painted in the west. Imagine Salvation Army or Catholic Charities beefing up and filling in societal functions in a crisis where the state is weak, not saying it's exactly the same thing but to give a sense of the direction I'm describing.