Posts Tagged: Israeli Christians
Israel’s Christian Population Grew 2% Last Year: Central Bureau of Statistics
i24 News - To mark Christmas 2022, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics released data about the 182,000 Christians who live in the Jewish state. According to...
Mennonites Need to Keep Their Side of the Street Clean
Mennonites living in the United States and Canada have been pretty critical of Israel over the past few decades, but when it comes to confronting...
Christian Group Helps Fund Aliyah to Israel
Israel has been the home of the Jewish people since Biblical times. And since the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948, Jews...
New Israeli Law: Dissuading Christians From IDF Service Carries Prison Term
JNS.org - In a vote of 39-9 with one abstention, the Israeli Knesset passed a law stating that a prison term will apply to anyone who...
School Strike Ends, But Israeli Catholic Community Still at a Political Crossroads
JNS.org - While much attention has been paid to the recent high-profile United States visit of Pope Francis, Israel’s Catholic community finds itself represented by leaders...
Israeli Christian Group Publishes Anti-BDS Guide
JNS.org - The Christian Empowerment Council, an Israeli Christian group headed by Father Gabriel Naddaf, has released a new guide to help Christians better understand the...
12 Christian IDF Soldiers Attacked by Arab Muslims This Year, Leader Says
JNS.org - A dozen Christians serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been attacked by Arab Muslims this year, an Israeli Christian leader said. “So far this year,...
Israeli Christians Launch Emergency Aid for Persecuted Mideast Christians
JNS.org - Israeli Christians leaders have a launched a new group called the Emergency Mission for Christians in the Middle East to take action on...
Israeli Priest Gabriel Nadaf Confident of Greater Christian Recruitment Into IDF (INTERVIEW)
"I will make a prediction," Father Gabriel Nadaf told me with a smile. "Next year, in 2015, there will be 400 Christian recruits into the...
Local Arab Priest: Israel a Refuge for Persecuted Middle East Christians; One killed Every 5 Minutes (VIDEO)
A controversial Israeli-Arab Greek Orthodox Priest recently told an Israeli television host that "a Christian is being killed every five minutes in the Middle...
Young Israeli Christians Complete First-Ever Summer Seminar
JNS.org - Thirty Israeli Christians have completed the first-ever summer seminar for Arabic-speaking Israeli Christian youths in Haifa. The program is designed to help young...
Israeli Priest to U.S. Pastors: ‘Your Responsibility’ to Protect Mideast Christians
JNS.org - Israeli Christian leader Father Gabriel Nadaf told a group of 51 Evangelical pastors from the U.S. that it is "your responsibility" to...
Israeli Christians Speak Out Against ISIS Persecution of Iraqi Christians
JNS.org - A group of Israeli Christians is speaking out to express solidarity with Christians in Iraq over the persecution they are suffering at...
Israel Defense Forces Welcomes First Female Christian Officer
JNS.org - Yasmin Chayach this week became the first Christian woman to complete the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer'straining course, the IDF said. Chayach, who is...
