The Palestinian Church Committee warns that Israeli restrictions on NGOs risk criminalizing humanitarian relief and worsening civilian suffering
Palestinian church committee urges churches worldwide to protect aid work in Gaza
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World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel
The World Council of Churches has called on the European Union to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel over what it described as a war of genocide in the Gaza Strip and violations against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Palestinian Christians offer “Kairos,” an alternative Christmas Day sermon – Not a Ceasefire Day 76
At a time when peace and hope seem impossible, Christians from the Holy Land bring us words of comfort – perhaps the most honest, authentic, and hopeful message of its time – and a call to all people to work for justice.
From Churches to ChatGPT: Israeli Contracts Worth Millions Aim to Influence U.S. Public Opinion
Official documents have revealed that the Israeli government has signed a series of multimillion-dollar contracts in recent months with American firms specializing in political marketing and public relations to polish its sullied reputation.
U.S. Pastors Become Willing Ambassadors for Israel’s War
No modern government has ever before invested so much money, coordination, and political effort to mobilize American pastors. Israel paid to assemble 1,000 Christian leaders, covering their airfare and luxury accommodations, and choreographed their every step…
Commentary editor, a pioneer neoconservative, pushed Republicans, U.S. policy, and Christian evangelicals into a pro-Israel direction
Jewish Insider describes how Norman Podhoretz made Commentary magazine into a pro-Israel force that shaped American foreign policy in the Middle East; helped steer the GOP, previously hostile to Israel, to an “embrace of the Jewish state as a key ally;” while also forging and defending the rise of evangelicals who supported Israel.
New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour (Shepherds Fields) to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank
Intel Memo: Exposing Israel’s Sophisticated Evangelical Foreign Influence Campaign
It goes deeper than you can imagine. Almost everything you see from evangelicals in support of Israel is paid for by the Israeli government and serves as foreign propaganda.
Prophetic appeals to the 1000 pastors who visited Israel
Their visit (organized by a Menachem Begin friend) wasn’t intended to meet Palestinian Christians or to visit the holy site of Bethlehem as Christmas approaches. Instead, they came to express solidarity with Israel & its oppression of the Palestinians. How can one claim to be a follower of Christ while standing with those who kill, dispossess, & degrade an entire people?
Historic Christian presence in the West Bank is under attack
Israeli military backed colonizers are annexing historical Christian communities in Bethlehem, and starving them of their rightful and legally owned land.