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In 1948, the religious makeup of the city was 85% Christian, mostly of the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic denominations, and 13% Muslim.[75] In the 1967 census taken by Israel authorities, the town of Bethlehem proper numbered 14,439 inhabitants, its 7,790 Muslim inhabitants represented 53.9% of the population, while the Christians of various denominations numbered 6,231 or 46.1%.
By 2016, the Christian population of Bethlehem had declined to only 16%.
Regardless of the demographics, Bethlehem is special, or holy, to Christians because it was the birthplace of Jesus, but the MSM would never publish that Bethlehem is special. However, they bow down to Islam and refer to Muslim cities as “the Holy City of Kerbala” or “the Holy City of Qom”, rather than “in the city of Kerbala…”.