Jews, especially the orthodox, follow the claims of the Talmud about Jesus being the illegitimate son of a Roman soldier, Panthera. On the other hand, Muslims claim that Jesus was never crucified. They accuse Chrsistians of adoring the cross. But, since Muslim and Christian Palestinians talk the same language, they have learned, all over the centuries, to respect each other and to discuss, with friendliness, about various issues. Yet, there are fanatics here and there.
Mixed marriages are a serious problem for the Palestinian Christian community.
In the Israeli Jewish society, because also of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, marriages between Arab Christians and Jews are not frequent and generate many complications and awkward situations. With Muslims, mixed marriages do not seem to be a success, neither on the religious nor on the social levels. In general, the children of a Muslim man are registered automatically as Muslims. If a Christian man wants to marry a Muslim lady, he usually has to embrace Islam. Our christian schools carry a heavy burden in the Palestinian Territories since they do not receive any financial support from the Palestinian Ministry of Education.