The economic and humanitarian crisis unfolding among Palestinians has brought new attention to the Christian institutions in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is no longer able to fund the government's schools, hospitals, social services, courts or police because foreign aid and revenues from Israel are frozen as a result of the victory of Hamas in Palestinian elections in January. However, it is apparent that Hamas cannot be starved without also punishing the entire Palestinian population, and Israeli and American politicians do not want to be blamed in news reports for the death of Palestinian children in need of dialysis.

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