Israeli christians

Israel Police deny claims officers raided Haifa Christmas event after footage spreads online

The Israel Police’s statement comes after outlets, including the Qatar state-run Al Jazeera, shared footage of the arrests, claiming the police had “stormed” the Christmas event.

A LIT UP Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah Menorah are displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 4, 2025.
 A broken gate at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, June 29, 2025.

Protesters break into Greek Orthodox Church in Nazareth, remove outer gate - report

 CONDUCTOR ASHER FISH: ‘It is a spoken opera with an unusual wealth of musical colors.’

French opera ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ comes to Israel

 Christian legislators sign resolution condemning Iran on March 5, 2024

Faith-based diplomacy: Are Christians Israel’s diplomatic Iron Dome? - comment


43,000 types of Christianity...

... and what they mean for Israel and the Jewish community.

The Church of Mary Magdalene in the Old City

Ten things to know about Christians in Israel

Christians in the Holy Land are a very small minority group of 175,000 comprising 2 percent of the population.

Coptic Christians in Jerusalem

Jerusalem halts taxes that led to closure of Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Will the Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopen?

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City

Jerusalem’s Christian communities feel anxiety in ‘testing’ times

Christian communities are increasingly worried about extremists who want to make the Jewish state one that is solely for Jews.

Christian worshippers in Jerusalem. ‘Early Christian writers spoke of a Jewish Restoration to the Holy Land. After the Reformation this became a movement. In English-speaking countries the 19th and early 20th centuries saw many strong Christian Zionists.’

Nazareth mayor says Christmas celebrations will be held as normal

Nazareth, the largest Arab town in Israel with a population of 76,000 Muslims and Christians and is one of the Holy Land's focal points of Christmas festivities.

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Nazareth

Comment: It’s time to fix Hadrian’s 'Palestinian' mistake

Christians must help correct historic Syria Palaestina travesty.

Roman emperor Hadrian commands an imperial audience at the Israel Museum

‘Anti-Israel comments from Christians must be put in Mideast context’

They are held hostage by the Muslim majority around them, says Nonie Darwish.

Muslim women at the Lions' Gate, Jerusalem, July 2017

New evidence of Lost City of Julias unearthed near Sea of Galilee

The site is believed to be the home of apostles Andrew, Peter and Philip.

An image of the excavation site

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Watch: Christians celebrate Easter in the Holy Land

The holiday commemorates the date when Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead, three days after being crucified.

Christian worshippers in Israel surround the Edicule as they take part in a Sunday Easter mass procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City