Rabbi Michael Henkin, one of the leaders of “the religious left,” whose members are in contact with Christian clergy in Jerusalem and the West Bank, says that a new ethos has developed in Israeli society, according to which anything perceived as different is a threat. Hence, while street signs say “Armenian Patriarchate Street,” some call it “Spitting Street.”
Netanyahu tried to smooth over recent Israeli anti-Christian hostility by showing off his token Christian soldiers. Don’t believe the hype.
Police arrest suspect who struck a 48-year-old nun in the face while she was walking in the city
The destruction of the statue of Jesus is just the tip of the iceberg. Israel’s neighbors have been complaining about its treatment of Christians and Muslims.
As a Palestinian Christian, the image of an Israeli soldier smashing a Jesus statue in Lebanon reinforces my lived experiences and what I’ve learned about Israeli Jews’ attitudes. But Western outrage at Jewish attacks on Christians must also extend to attacks on Muslims
Palestinian Christians are often referred to as ‘Living Stones’, as the descendants of the original Christians who have remained and kept their faith throughout the land’s turbulent 2,000 years of history. They are an embodiment of the Palestinian concept of sumud (steadfastness) and are salt and light to their communities.
Israel has used the steady decline in Palestinian Christian numbers to promote a claim that Muslims are hounding them out of the region. But the real blame lies with Israel and the foreign Churches.
Iranian President condemned Trump for posting an image of himself as Jesus Christ describing the incident as a “desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood.”
The Catholic Archbishop for the US Military Services has said the US-Israeli war against Iran is unjust, according to Catholic teaching, as Catholic leaders in the US, Rome, and the Middle East continue to criticize the conflict.
If Christian liberation theology is recognized as an ethical and theological response to empire, then Islamic Liberation Theology, grounded in Quranic condemnations of oppression)and the divine obligation to stand with the downtrodden,must be afforded the same legitimacy