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IsraelMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.Hamas Imposes Islamization on Schools in GazaWednesday, June 19th, 2013Bomber of Messianic Jewish Family in Israel ImprisonedTuesday, April 16th, 2013Jack (Yakov) Teitel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew in Israel, was given two life sentences in prison on April 9 for bombing the home of a Messianic Jewish family and nearly killing 15-year-old Ami Ortiz in 2008, Morning Star News reports. “We really feel justice has been done, true justice,” Ortiz told Morning Star News. “He realized we were peaceful and we were going home, and he is not.” Worldwide Consensus Rising: Christians Most Persecuted Group on EarthThursday, February 28th, 2013It is becoming increasingly clear, even to secular government leaders, that Christianity has become the world’s most persecuted faith. This article explains how Christianity has even replaced Judaism, one of the most heavily persecuted religious groups of all time, as the most dangerous faith to be a part of. Christians Suffering in the Holy LandsFriday, November 23rd, 2012Christians are among those suffering in the Holy Land as conflict heightens in Gaza and Israel. Christians in Israel and the Palestinian territories are often forgotten or neglected by the West, Mary Jane Fox writes for MySanAntonio.com. “For 2,000 years, Christian families have lived and worshiped in the land where Jesus lived, died and was resurrected. These Christians are not converts, immigrants or foreigners… they are the descendants of the first followers of Jesus,” she says. However, lack of opportunity, impoverished conditions, and at times increased persecution in the region, the Christian population has gone from 18% of the population to less than 1.5% of the population in the past 60 years. Islamic Attacks Increase in Nigeria, Israel to Assist Nigeria with Security ChallengesWednesday, June 6th, 2012Nigerian Christians are facing almost daily attacks from radical Muslims. Israel's offer to help with solving Nigeria's security problem is a welcome development. Victims of Explosion in Israel Lament Pleas AgreementSunday, June 3rd, 2012Ultra-right Jew who planted bomb ruled guilty but not responsible. CBS piece on Christians’ plight in Middle East — in Israel?Tuesday, April 24th, 2012At a time when Christian communities throughout the Middle East are being oppressed and massacred, Bob Simon on “60 Minutes” instead chooses to focus attention on the relatively minimal persecution occurring in the Holy Lands. Christians of the Holy LandTuesday, April 24th, 2012“In Iraq and Egypt, scores of churches have been attacked, hundreds murdered. In Syria, revolution seriously threatens Christian communities. The one place where Christians are not suffering from violence is the Holy Land: but Palestinian Christians have been leaving in large numbers for years,” CBS reports. Tough road to Jerusalem for Palestinian ChristiansTuesday, April 3rd, 2012While Israel works to secure its borders, most Palestinians from the West Bank, Christian as well as Muslim, must get Israel's permission to visit Jerusalem, the National reports. Arab Spring is winter for Christians in Middle EastMonday, April 2nd, 2012“Christians who have remained under Muslim rule are often exposed to state-sponsored discrimination and worse. In recent years, their plight has reached dramatic proportions,” the Toronto Star reports. Muslim Persecution of Christians: February 2012Saturday, March 24th, 2012Raymond Ibrahim reports for Gatestone Institute that, “Half of Iraq's indigenous Christians are gone, due to the unleashed forces of jihad [holy war]. Many Christians fled to nearby Syria; yet, as the Assad regime comes under attack from al-Qaeda and others… Christians are experiencing a level of persecution unprecedented in the nation's modern history.” Ibrahim’s series, titled ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ is published each month to document cases of persecution – whether it be general discrimination, arrests, or murder – committed by Muslims in majority Islamic countries, Asia and the West. How friendly is Israel to its Christians?Saturday, March 17th, 2012The Palestinian Christians’ response to an article written by Michael Oren, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, concerning the protection of Christians within Israel. Article titled: “Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians" Israel and the Plight of Mideast ChristiansSaturday, March 10th, 2012While the future of the church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem is in jeopardy, Christians are not endangered but flourishing is Israel, Michael Oren writes in The Wall Street Journal. Israeli president to protect Christian sitesMonday, March 5th, 2012“Israel's President Shimon Peres has promised the Roman Catholic Church that the country will step up efforts to combat the vandalism of Christian holy sites by suspected Jewish extremists,” AP reports. Uganda Pastor Attacked By Muslims Heals In IsraelSaturday, January 28th, 2012“I grew up studying Islam, but at age 18 I met some Christians who opened my eyes to the Christian faith. I soon converted.” Man in Santa Suit Kills Arab Christian in IsraelMonday, January 9th, 2012Gabriel Cadis, head of the Orthodox Church Association in Jaffa, was stabbed outside the St. George Church in Jaffa, BosNewsLife reports. Christians in the Middle EastSunday, November 20th, 2011Amidst an increasingly volatile atmosphere for Christians throughout the Middle East, which countries, if any, will provide a safe haven for Christians and what should be the response of the international community, including the Vatican? Joseph Bottum attempts to answer these questions for Hudson New York. Messianic Jews Singled Out in Israeli TownFriday, September 16th, 2011Flyers post addresses, phone numbers of harassed minority Christians nearly absent in Holy LandThursday, August 11th, 2011“By now, the threat facing Christianity in its birthplace is depressingly clear. Christians represented 30 percent of British Mandate Palestine in 1948, while today in Israel and the Palestinian Territories they’re 1.25 percent,” reports the National Catholic Reporter. Israel Outlaws Local Islamist Group Ansar AllahThursday, July 28th, 2011Israel has banned the local Islamic extremist group Ansar Allah after several suspects have been arrested for trying to commit global jihad. Messianic Christian Couple in Israel Accused of Converting MinorThursday, July 7th, 2011Ultra-Orthodox Jews harass, threaten pair even though 16-year-old has not converted Bishop Concerned Over Survival of Christian Community in NazarethThursday, June 2nd, 2011Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, a Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, said the Christian community is in danger of dying out in Nazareth as immigration increases, Voice of America reports. Holy Land Churches Protest New Israeli TaxesFriday, April 22nd, 2011“The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have expressed grave concern over renewed moves by the Israeli authorities to tax church buildings and properties,” The Armenian Mirror-Spectator reports. Holy Land Churches: Sadness Competes With Easter JoyThursday, April 21st, 2011"Christians find their joy is secure in the hope of the promise of eternal life which our Lord has won for all who believe," they affirmed. "However, when we in Jerusalem, the city of redemption, see the suffering of our Christian brothers and sisters in Egypt, Iraq and elsewhere in our region our joy becomes more solemn.” Christian leaders protest Israeli taxes on church property, ouster of Anglican bishopFriday, April 15th, 2011“Christian leaders in Israel have joined in a protest against the Israeli government’s refusal to grant a residency permit to an Anglican bishop, and new taxes imposed on church institutions,” Catholic Culture reports. Dwindling of persecuted Christians in Holy Land most unreported storyMonday, January 10th, 2011Bethlehem, at one time a majority Christian town, is now less than a third Christian. Nazareth and Jerusalem have also seen their Christian communities shrink substantially. The plight of Palestinian Christians throughout the West Bank, Gaza and areas within Israel are among the most underreported stories of Christian persecution in the Middle East. US report shows Israel’s religious freedoms violationsThursday, November 18th, 2010Jerusalem Post notes the violations of religious freedom committed in Israel according to the U.S. State Department’s annual religious freedom report. Church Building in Israel Set AblazeSaturday, November 6th, 2010Unidentified arsonist guts bottom floors of Jerusalem ministry center. What Is Driving Christians Out of the Middle East?Thursday, October 14th, 2010Christian communities in Middle EastSunday, October 10th, 2010 |
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