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Christians comprise less than 4 % of Palestinians living within the borders of former Mandate Palestine today.

They are approximately 4 % of the West Bank population, less than 1 % in Gaza, and nearly 10 % of Israel's Palestinian population.

According to official British Mandate estimates, Mandate Palestine ’ s Christian population varied between 9. 5 % ( 1922 ) and 7. 9 % ( 1946 ) of the total population.

Today, the majority of Palestinian Christians live outside of the former Mandate Palestine because of emigration in response to the 1948 War, and the Six-Day War in 1967, occupation by Jordan, Egypt, and most recently Israel, with 78 % of Christians blaming the ongoing exodus of Christians from Bethlehem on the Israeli occupation and travel restrictions on the area ..

However, many Christians still live in Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories.