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Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say

Palestinian Christian leaders told CNN that US Christian Zionists ignore their experiences and fund West Bank settlements, while Mike Huckabee defended evangelical support for Israel.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN, MAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Members of the clergy take part in the yearly Christmas procession led by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem outside the Church of the Nativityon December 24, 2025 in Bethlehem, West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

The draft constitution also called for the "right of return" for refugees, caring for families of "martyrs, prisoners, and exiles," and reaffirming the PLO's position as representing Palestinians.

|ByJAMES GENN
Palestinian worshippers attend a memorial service at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, to honor those killed during the war, including victims of the 2023 Israeli strike on the church, in Gaza City, October 24, 2025.

Gaza’s tiny Christian community struggles to survive after war

A population that once numbered in the thousands has dwindled sharply, with the remaining families are split among three active churches.

|ByAHMED ABD AL-SALAM/THE MEDIA LINE
The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on December 24, 2023 in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Lutheran Christian leaders praised Hamas violence against Israel, investigation finds

An investigation alleges that senior Christian figures framed the October 7 Hamas attack as justified, fueling criticism over antisemitism and damage to Jewish-Christian relations.

|ByTPS

Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury concludes Holy Land visit

The leader of the Anglican Church of England visited Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.

MAY 16, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Justin Welby prays at the Western Wall.

Texas professors condemn Israel trip for students

Op-ed piece by Southern Methodist University faculty members calls Christian Zionism 'controversial'

APRIL 26, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT
The US and Texas State flags fly over the Texas State Capitol in Austin

For Zion's Sake I Will Not Keep Silent

FEBRUARY 11, 2016ByGABRIEL NADDAF
The Jerusalem Post

Comment: The real threat to Palestinian Christians is radical Islam

The PA's decision to cancel Christmas celebrations had nothing to do with Israel or the intifada. It came after threats by Muslim extremists to target Christians and their holy sites.

DECEMBER 29, 2015ByBASSAM TAWIL
A Palestinian protester wearing Santa Claus costume stands in front of a section of the Israeli barrier during an anti-Israel protest in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 18, 2015

Christianity’s Palestinian plot to destroy Judaism and Israel

NOVEMBER 25, 2015ByRICHARD MATHER
The Jerusalem Post

Palestinians try to stop Israeli security barrier near West Bank monastery

Bethlehem mayor will meet the Pope next month and ask him to intervene with Israel against building the barrier in area.

FEBRUARY 1, 2015ByLINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel's controversial barrier in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-tur

ADL condemns int'l community's 'rush to judgment' on Nakba Day deaths

Palestinian officials label the deaths a "war crime" have called on the UN to take "punitive action."

MAY 21, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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