Israel
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Guto Bebb (Aberconwy, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the growth of the Christian community in Israel.
Alistair Burt (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Afghanistan/South Asia, counter terrorism/proliferation, North America, Middle East and North Africa), Foreign and Commonwealth Office; North East Bedfordshire, Conservative)
The British embassy in Tel Aviv have obtained the following information from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics:
2.1% of Israeli's population is Christian
there is a 0.9% growth rate among the Christian population in Israel (this is relatively low)
More information can be found at:
http://www.cbs.gov.il/engindex.htm