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IsraelUganda Pastor Attacked By Muslims Heals In IsraelSaturday, January 28th, 2012Man 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“What reason is there for our presence?” synod’s fateful question for Mideast ChristiansThursday, September 30th, 2010Alleged Bomber of Christian Boy in Israel to Stand TrialMonday, September 6th, 2010Messianic Jewish Church Won’t Appeal Israeli Court RulingThursday, July 15th, 2010"A congregation of Messianic Jews in Israel who recently lost a lawsuit against an ultra-orthodox Jewish group that allegedly incited a riot against them has decided not to appeal their case," reports Compass Direct News. Persecuting Christians in GazaThursday, July 15th, 2010The U.S. has pledged to help rebuilding efforts in Gaza, yet Christians and others continue to be heavily persecuted under the authority of terrorist organization Hamas. |
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