The Palestinians believe that that is their land. They have ancestors who were in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They feel their land was stolen from them; despite the will of God. Like I said, it is God-ordained land.

Yassir Arafat was offered 98% of Israel and turned it down. Why? Because he wanted 100%, and the death of all Jews.

XenoSapien

A "distinct minority" in my estimation is a group that represents a small percentage of the total definitely less than 10%.

However, by the turn of the century and the second intifada, the emigration patterns continued to the extent that Christians now number only an estimated 1.6 percent of the Palestinian population in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.

From: Palestine Center - Palestinian Christians: An Historic Community at Risk?

1.6 percent is a distinct minority in my book. And yes, American Jews represent a similar pct (2%).