Palestinian children attend morning Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian communities, in photos
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Christians who are proudly Palestinian and live in the occupied West Bank continue to find hope in Sunday worship as they wish for independence and peace in the Holy Land, even as they struggle with growing violence from Israeli settlers, restrictions on daily life imposed by Israel and fears of growing Islamist radicalization. The village of Taybeh is entirely Christian — Catholics of the Roman and Greek Melkite rites and Greek Orthodox.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Greek Orthodox parish priest David Khoury attends morning Mass at St. George church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinian parishioners stand outside Christ the Redeemer Church after attending a morning Mass in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinians attend morning mass at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Catholic parish priest Bashar Fawadleh offers a communion wafer to a faithful during Mass at Christ the Redeemer Church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)A message of resistance is written in English on a wall of an alley in the Old City of Taybeh, in the West Bank, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinian children attend morning Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Suheil Nazzal, a parishioner at the local Catholic Church, looks at a hill covered with olive trees belonging to his family in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025, which, according to him, they cannot access due to the presence of Israeli settlers. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Greek Orthodox parish priest David Khoury attends morning Mass at St. George church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)A cleric walks along a street to attend morning Mass at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinian youths chat and listen to music outside Christ the Redeemer Church after attending morning Mass in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Catholic parish priest Bashar Fawadleh, center left, walks in procession during morning Mass at the Christ the Redeemer Church in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinian parishioners stand outside Christ the Redeemer Church after attending a morning Mass in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)Palestinian students prepare to board a bus during the morning in the West Bank village of Taybeh, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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