Palestinian christians

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
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.
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.

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Preparing the popemobile for its new purpose as a roving medical device for kids in Gaza.

Before his death, Pope Francis gave Popemobile to Gaza children for medical use

Ahead of his death in April, Pope Francis directed the Catholic relief organization Caritas to turn the vehicle into a medical clinic used to treat Palestinian children.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinian Christians attend an Easter Mass at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, in Gaza City, April 20, 2025.

Gaza's Christians 'heartbroken' for pope who phoned them nightly

Christians in Gaza said that they had "lost a man who fought every day in every direction to protect this small herd of his."

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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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