Original sentence: "  The report also states that "Christians in the Palestinian territories have dropped from 15% of the Arab population in 1950 to just 2% today.According to a report published in December 2001 by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies think tank.In turn pro-Israeli proponents refer to a declining Christian Palestinian population (along with those of most Arab Christians) as, at least in part, a product of Muslim hostility towards non-Muslims, in general.The Christian Exodus from the Middle East, in December 1997 The Times noted: "Life in (PA ruled) Bethlehem has become insufferable for many members of the dwindling Christian minorities