Christians in middle east

WATCH: Israel Police arrest man for attacking nun near King David's Tomb

On Tuesday, police received reports of a nun being attacked at King David's Tomb in Jerusalem. A 36-year-old man was arrested in connection with the case and is being questioned for racist assault.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, TZVI JASPER
PRESIDENT’S ROOM with Dormition Abbey in the background.
The essential position of head of the National Information Directorate has been vacant since May 2024. The directorate is responsible for shaping the Israeli hasbara (public diplomacy) response in all fields.

No plan, director, or strategy: Israel's hasbara breakdown and how it can be saved - analysis

The collapse of Israel’s public diplomacy is now a national security threat – but it can still be fixed.

|ByAKIVA TOR, OFIR DAYAN
IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September. Every time Washington issues sanctions without follow-through, Tehran learns that defiance pays, the writer argues.

Iran's Pezeshkian says republic won’t bow to external demands as domestic unrest resurfaces

Tehran's crackdown on protesters and minority groups has intensified as the regime faces mounting pressure both domestically and internationally.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Illustrative image of former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson

Bennett: 'Chickens***' Tucker Carlson landed in Israel, faked harassment, 'whined,' and left

Bennett argued that Carlson didn’t even set foot in the country, yet made up a story that he was harassed by Israeli security.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Israel's Christians struggle to maintain their presence in the Holy Land

Father Rafic Nahra: Christian denominations in Israel need to work together

APRIL 13, 2022ByNICOLE JANSEZIAN / ALL ISRAEL NEWS
Palm Sunday service in Jerusalem

Assad claims Israel aims to displace Christians across region - report

"The displacement of Christians is a main goal," Bashar al-Assad said.

MARCH 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad addresses the new members of parliament in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on August 12, 2020

Persecuted Christians in Mideast have much to teach the Western Church

Robert Nicholson: While the West is materially strong, it is spiritually weak.

MARCH 7, 2022ByALL ARAB NEWS STAFF
Interior view of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, an Assyrian Church of the East cathedral in Ankawa

On This Day: 1,500 Palestinians slain in Karantina massacre 46 years ago

The massacre of the Palestinian inhabitants of Karantina by Christian Lebanese militias was part of the Lebanese Civil War and triggered a reprisal at Damour.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian refugees in the district La Quarantaine (Karantina) in Beirut, Lebanon, in January 1976.

Jerusalem church leader says Israeli extremists threaten Christian presence in city

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem accuses radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the holy city, while Israeli officials say reality on the ground is different.

JANUARY 9, 2022ByREUTERS
Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, arrives to participate in a baptism ceremony at the Jordan River, near Jericho in the West Bank January 18, 2020.

Where is the threat to Christians in Israel? - opinion

There are indeed threats to the Christian presence here, perhaps the greatest one is emigration.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByFAYDRA L. SHAPIRO, YISCA HARANI
GREEK ORTHODOX Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the ‘Washing of the Feet’ ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City in April.

Iranian Christians receive prison sentence for 'sectarian activities'

They were sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, northern Iran after being convicted of "engaging in propoganda against the Islamic regime."

JUNE 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranian Christian priests pray during a new year mass at a church in Tehran.

Iranian Christians receive prison sentence for 'sectarian activities'

They were sentenced by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, northern Iran after being convicted of "engaging in propaganda against the Islamic regime."

JUNE 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iranian Christian priests pray during a new year mass at a church in Tehran.

Lebanon's top Christian cleric criticizes Hezbollah in leaked video

"You're not looking out for (our) interests, nor the interests of your people."

APRIL 1, 2021ByREUTERS
A Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla looks at a fire rising from a burning object in a Beirut suburb, Lebanon July 17, 2006.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre opens for Palm Sunday amid COVID-19

"Last year was a terrible Easter, without people, closed doors. This year is much better, the door is open, we don't have a lot of people but we feel more hopeful that things will become better."

MARCH 28, 2021ByREUTERS
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa walks along Christian worshippers and the clergy holding palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City March 28, 2021.