Jerusalem’s Christian Community Faces Rising Persecution IncidentsAugust 1, 2023 — “Whoever is ashamed of me and my word, of him the son of man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with the holy...
Christians, Messianic Jews, Missionaries Face Hostility from Jewish Radicals in IsraelJuly 14, 2023 — 07/13/2023 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Christians, Messianic Jews, and missionaries face increasing hostility from Jewish radicals in Israel. Recently, activists from the Lehava organization and the Or l'Achim organization...
The Death and Resurrection of the Church in the Middle EastJuly 13, 2023 — 07/13/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The headlines coming from the Middle East in the past few decades have seemed anything but comforting and hopeful: war, terrorism, social upheaval, natural...
Israel at a Political CrossroadsMarch 30, 2023 — 03/30/2023 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Israel has been shaken by days of protests by tens of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets to protest controversial proposed judicial reforms....
Proposed Law in Israeli Knesset Against Religious ConversionMarch 28, 2023 — 03/28/2023 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Two members of Israeli’s party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ), Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher have proposed to the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) new legislation to...
Gaza Churches Struggle to SurviveMarch 8, 2023 — 03/08/2023 The Gaza Strip (International Christian Concern) – Gaza’s Christian community is struggling to survive after years of steady decline in numbers. Only an estimated 1,000 Christian remain in the...
Christian Establishments Vandalized Amid Escalation in JerusalemFebruary 2, 2023 — 02/02/2023 (International Christian Concern) – Christians in the city of Jerusalem were targeted in several incidents in January. On January 4th more than 30 graves were vandalized by two young...
Worsening Conditions for Christians in the Middle EastNovember 30, 2022 — 11/30/2022 country (International Christian Concern) – According to a report released by Aid to the Church in Need, many countries that have experienced persecution in the Middle East have worsened...
Lebanese Archbishop Detained and InterrogatedJuly 27, 2022 — 07/27/2022 Lebanon (International Christian Concern) - Lebanese Maronite Archbishop Musa Al-Hajj was detained and interrogated upon his return from a trip to Israel on July 19. Al-Hajj, who was returning...
Fifth-Century Church Opens as Museum in GazaFebruary 5, 2022 — 02/05/2022 Gaza (International Christian Concern) – In an effort to boost domestic tourism, a fifth-century Byzantine church in northern Gaza was renovated into a museum. The director-general of antiquities at the...
Churches Request Urgent Dialogue to Safeguard Christians in the Holy LandDecember 25, 2021 — 12/25/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) – The Heads and Patriarchs of the Churches of the Holy Land have submitted a request for “urgent dialogue” with Israel, Palestine and Jordan to "safeguard...
Bethlehem Closed to Foreign Visitors Yet Again During ChristmasDecember 22, 2021 — 12/22/2021 Palestine (International Christian Concern) – Bethlehem’s residents still employed in the tourism sector are in despair after surges in the Omicron COVID-19 variant prompted Israel to stop all foreign travel...
Son Kills Mother Over Her Conversion in IsraelOctober 8, 2021 — 10/08/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) – Muad Hib, a 27-year-old man living in northern Israel, was charged with the murder of his mother, Rasha Muklasha, after her conversion from Islam to...
Division Following Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Condemnation Of Hezbollah AttacksAugust 14, 2021 — 08/14/2021 Lebanon (International Christian Concern) – After Hezbollah launched 19 rockets into Israel from a civilian village in southern Lebanon on August 6, Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai condemned the...
The Abraham Accords and Religious Freedom in the Middle East’s Gulf RegionMarch 26, 2021 — 03/26/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) - As more Middle Eastern countries formalize relations with Israel, many human rights advocates claim that the effects of these events on religious minorities in...
Christian Institutions 3rd Largest Palestinian EmployerMarch 24, 2021 — 03/24/2021 Palestine (International Christian Concern) – Christian institutions are reportedly the third-largest employer of local Palestinians. Just behind the Palestinian National Authority and the UN Agency for the Support of Palestinian...
