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Israel’s warfare in Gaza and Lebanon looks like systems-level destruction of the environmental and infrastructural substrate of life—water, soil, agriculture, energy, and urban continuity.
Netanyahu tried to smooth over recent Israeli anti-Christian hostility by showing off his token Christian soldiers. Don’t believe the hype.
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Israel’s Chief Rabbinate declined to condemn the smashing of a statue of Jesus by a soldier in southern Lebanon, but agreed to coordinate with the military and Israel’s propaganda apparatus, known as hasbara, in handling similar incidents in the future
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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.