How is the government of Israel persecuting Christians?
I guess you didn't read the article posted in the OP. For example, the government will not issue travel papers, or allow people into Jerusalem who are Palestinian Christians. They box people up in an area, and they are not allowed to travel, because the government has not given them the necessary documentation.
They are harassed by soldiers, who represent the government. Their land is confiscated by the government, forcing them to become refugees. They are unable to worship in the church of their choice, because the government will not allow them into the areas where the churches are.
"During our years of priesthood, we have paid visits to many Palestinian Christian political prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons, participated in funerals of Christians who have lost their lives in this bloody conflict, assisted families divided by the Israeli policy of stripping Palestinian residency rights, and lobbied on behalf of our parishioners whose property was confiscated by Israel.
In the West Bank Israel does not differentiate between Palestinian Christians and Muslims in its policies. Several studies have shown that the Israeli occupation and settlement activities are the main reason for Christian emigration.
These claims are not Palestinian “propaganda” but have been largely researched by the US government, the European Union and the United Nations. In fact, all the recent International Religious Freedom Reports published by the US Department of State highlight this issue.
To conclude, Palestinian Christians are not persecuted by Palestinian Muslims. The end of the Israeli occupation would allow all our people, Christians and Muslims, to develop all our potential living side by side."
The plight of Palestinian Christians - Opinion - Jerusalem Post
Interesting when you read the accounts of actual Palestinian Christians who live in Israel, it differs significantly from the reports of Christian Zionists and Jewish Israelis.
While I think the Jews need a homeland, they have been heavy handed about Palestinians, including Christians since Day 1 and I think people need to understand that this is not isolated, but systematic persecution by the Israeli government.
I wonder how many Americans/Canadians would be content to sit in an ethnic ghetto in their home towns, not be able to move about freely, to worship at the church of their choice, or even go to MacDonald's, which is barred because it is on the other side of an Israeli checkpoint that they do not have government permission to cross. Really, just being confined to a ghetto has shades of Nazi Germany and Poland as WWII approached, doesn't it?? Talk about learning from your oppressors!