BBC Misleads About the Alleged Decline of Israel’s Christian Population
Last week, the Israel Bureau of Statistics published the 2018 figures on Christians living in Israel. According to the report, approximately 175,000 Christians currently live in the Holy Land making up two percent of the total population. Of those, 77.7 percent are Arab Christians. This represents a 2.2 percent growth in Israel’s Christian population in the past year.
Kurdish Christians Facing Forced Conversions in Syria’s Afrin Province
Armed Syrian militias allied with Turkey have reportedly been demanding that Kurdish Christians in the Afrin province convert to Islam or face execution.
Report Details Scope of Persecution in the Cradle of Christianity
Susan Michael, U.S. director for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), told JNS that “Islamic extremism originated in the Middle East and is the main cause of persecution of Christians in the world today. It is a dangerous and violent ideology that must be stopped.”
Hebrew-Speaking Catholics Navigate Challenges to Foster Interfaith Dialogue
The candle-lighting ceremony highlights the challenges faced by the Hebrew-speaking Christian community. The community of about 1000 people was born at the tail end of the 1950s, when interfaith couples arrived in Israel, as did Christians who moved to Israel, integrated into the secular life of Israel and spoke Hebrew, all the while retaining their Catholicism.
Rivlin Celebrates Israeli Christian Ties With New Year’s Reception
“A meeting with the heads of the Christian communities is always important to me, but when we face troubled times it becomes even more important.”
Christmas Reality: Palestinians Use Christians as Pawns, Israel Protects Them
The Palestinian Authority and Israeli Muslim figures often voice support for Christians and seek to utilize them in the struggle against Israel, but it is the Jewish state that stands out as a defender of Middle East Christians.
Christian-Jewish “Bless the Persecuted” Initiative Aids Beleaguered Mideast Christians
The IFCJ has launched a fundraising initiative to aid Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Middle East who have been targeted by Islamic terrorists.
Iraqi Christians Deported by Trump “Will Be Mutilated, Forced to Convert or Massacred”: Activists
Iraqi Christians living illegally in the U.S. are being detained following a deal reached between Iraq and the U.S. as part of Trump’s “travel ban” on six Muslim-majority countries.
“We Must Act Quickly if Christianity Is to Survive in Middle East”: Knights of Columbus
The world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization has launched a massive nationwide campaign to raise funds for the plight of Middle East Christians.
President Joins Archbishop, Sheikh in Reopening Church of Loaves and Fishes After Arson
“We stand up for religious freedom because, as a people, we know very well what it means to suffer religious persecution. And we stand up for religious freedom because we are a democratic state.”
