Christians in middle east

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.

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.
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

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

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III shares a laugh with President Isaac Herzog.

Grapevine, January 16, 2026: Christian ‘Who’s Who’ in Israel


Cardinal to Saudi Arabia: Christians should not be second-class citizens

"All religions are faced with two dangers: terrorism and ignorance."

Pope Francis greets Christian children in the Middle East

Presenting an Israel for everyone

The Jewish National Fund's interfaith mission demonstrates Israel is a place for all.

Alon Ben-Gurion poses with Sheryl Buchholtz and her daughters Jessica (left) and Melissa (right)

‘Rise Nineveh’: Christians in Iraq celebrate Assyrian New Year and Easter

The Easter holiday and Palm Sunday celebrations across Nineveh and in Mosul and Duhok seem to show a drive for reconstruction and energy being put in to the post-ISIS future.

Assyrian Christians celebrate during the anniversary of Akitu, which marked the beginning of the new year in the ancient Assyrian age, in Dohuk, Iraq April 1

Pilgrims flock to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter

Orthodox Christians waving palm fronds and branches, mark their Palm Sunday at Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Christian worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem

Churches and municipality in game of chicken: ‘Who will swerve first?’

‘We have no one influential to talk to in the government,’ church insider says

Worshippers hold candles as they take part in the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old city May 4, 2013.

Increase in January pilgrimages to the Holy Land

Improved visa process has been a boon for Israel.

Christian pilgrims dip in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony at the Qasr el-Yahud site, near Jericho, in January.

Christians plant trees in Israel on Tu Bishvat

Israel365 helps evangelicals fortify West Bank settlements.

The Seven Species, whose fruits are traditionally eaten on Tu Bishvat

1 in 12 Christians worldwide persecuted, report shows

Palestinian worshipers face enormous amount of pressure

Syriac Christian women pray during mass at the Saint Efram Syriac Orthodox Church in Qamishly, Syria

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.’

Celebrating Christmas in the war-torn Middle East

The holiday offers little escape throughout the region and has been politicized in the Palestinian territories.

A Syrian man cycles past a Christmas tree being decorated in the Christian-majority neighbourhood of Hamidiyeh in the old city of Homs