Faith Amid Ruins: Gaza’s Christians Mark Palm Sunday

Christians in Gaza City gathered to observe Palm Sunday, the occasion preceding Easter, at the historic St. Porphyrius Orthodox Church.…

by Kathryn Shihadah – If Americans Knew: Today, instead of reporting on the genocide, here are some photos and videos…

Christians of Gaza City, north of the Gaza Strip, celebrated “Palm Sunday” in the Eastern Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios,…

JERUSALEM, Wednesday, July 19, 2023 (WAFA) – The Islamic-Christian Committee in Support of Jerusalem and its Sanctuaries today condemned what…

  RAMALLAH, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (WAFA) – The Higher Presidential Committee for the Follow-up of Church Affairs in Palestine…

Thousands of Orthodox Christians from around the world gathered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday for the…

Palestinian Christians who are members of the Eatern Orthodox tradition are waiting for the Israeli High Court to make a…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 21, 2022 (WAFA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, warned today of the danger…

Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of occupied Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, denounced the media use of the so-called…

On February 23, 2022, senior officials from the Global Ministries released a letter entitled “Compelled to Witness” declaring Israel an…

 Three Israeli extremists severely targeted and beat a number of clerics from the Armenian Orthodox Church Wednesday evening in occupied…

RAMALLAH, Saturday, May 01, 2021 (WAFA) – The presidency condemned the Israeli occupation’s oppressive measures against Christians commemorating the Holy…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement denouncing the Israeli police attack on dozens of Palestinian Christians celebrating Holy Saturday,…

Hundreds of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers gathered, Thursday, near Mar Saba (St. Saba) Christian Monastery, east of the Palestinian city…

The Palestinian Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Theodisius Atallah Hanna, issued a statement Tuesday condemning the…

A group of bishops from across Europe and North America have voiced their deep concerns over Israel’s occupation of Palestine,…

At the house of Palestinian political prisoner, Samer al-Arabid, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, you can find…

By Peter Oborne for Middle East Eye One week before Christmas. I’m in Manger Square and watching pilgrims descend from…

“We have a genuine history in this city and we must keep going.” ~Middle East Monitor/Days of Palestine 12/25/19

Christians from the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas…

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has expressed deep concern over the recent U.S. declaration…

A group of fanatic Israeli colonialist settlers stormed, on Monday at night, the al-Maskobiyya Church, known as Abraham’s Oak Holy…

The UN Secretary-General’s office has announced that the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has completed a part of the…

Throughout the occupied Palestinian Territories, the Israeli authorities demolish the homes of Palestinians, although international law stipulates that they be…

Interfaith peace activists heckled speakers, at the summit of the world’s largest Christian Zionist organization, in a protest over the…

In a special consultation hosted by Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and Bright Stars of Bethlehem, convened in cooperation…

For the first time, Israeli authorities decided this year to deny all travel permits to Palestinian Christians from Gaza to…

by Daoud Kuttab- Amman The Palestinian government is turning to its own Christian community and even its evangelicals to campaign…

The Islamic-Christian Committee for Supporting Jerusalem and Holy Sites issued, Saturday, a strong condemnation of a provocative Israeli art exhibit,…

Hundreds of Palestinian Christians and their supporters gathered Friday in Haifa, in northern Israel, to protest an Israeli exhibit that…

The Archbishop of Sebastia, from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Atallah Hanna, stated that the Palestinian Christians in the…

The Kairos Palestine initiative, in its 9th annual statement, has called on the Christian community, in Palestine and in the…

Annually, Israeli authorities file travel permits for only a small percentage of Palestinian Christians in the besieged Gaza Strip, dividing…

Ha’aretz Israeli newspaper, on Thursday, reported that about 30 graves were vandalized two weeks ago, in the cemetery of Beit…

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, for using Christianity to distort…

Mayor of Bethlehem, advocate Anton Salman said, in response to Sunday’s statements by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Bethlehem…

Photo credit: Christian Peacemaker Teams. POSTED BY: CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS JUNE 29, 2018 Descriptions of Palestinian life and Israeli occupation in the…

The Islamic Christian Commission for the Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites has warned of a draft law for a…

Photo credits: Christian Peacemaker Teams. POSTED BY: CHRISTIAN PEACEMAKER TEAMS JUNE 5, 2018 Photos of Palestinian life and Israeli occupation in the…

Palestinian Christians living in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to Jerusalem, by Israel, during Holy Week and the…

On 25 February 2018, the Patriarchs and Heads of Local Churches in Jerusalem announced the closure of the Church of…

The Central Council of the Orthodox Christians in Jordan and Palestine said, on Sunday, that it has documents proving that…

Palestinian Christians from around the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel came out in harsh opposition, Saturday, to a…

Christian leaders stressed, on Saturday, the centrality of Jerusalem to all three monotheistic religions, denouncing the United States for declaring…

Christian Palestinians, along with Muslims, held a protest in front of the historic Church of the Nativity, after Sunday prayers,…

By Kathryn Shihadah, If Americans Knew – The New Testament records that Jesus Christ took two loaves of bread and five…

Greek Orthodox Patriarch said, in a statement, that it did not sell any lands or properties in its ownership. Jordanian…

(Photo Credit: Ryan Rodrick Beiler)   June 20, 2017 ~ Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), Christian Palestinians…

Christian residents of the Gaza Strip recently spoke about their daily life to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, during a surprise…

Thousands of Christian followers of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths from all over the world, gathering at the Church of…

The Islamic Christian Committee to Defend Jerusalem and Holy Sites warned, on Thursday, against an Israeli project called the “New Face…

A group of Israeli extremists assaulted the Pentecostal prayer procession in Jerusalem this week, shouting and trying to occupy Mount…

The Israeli tourism ministry has published a map of the occupied Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem), which omits significant Muslim…

Palestinian orthodox Christians celebrated today the Bright Saturday or know as Holy Saturday in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza…

Christian Palestinians and pilgrims from around the world marked Good Friday, today, by holding a procession on Via Dolorosa, in…

A group of extremist, right-wing Israeli settlers, on Sunday at dawn, sprayed slogans calling for the slaughter of Christians, on…

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that extremist Israeli Jews have desecrated a Christian cemetery near the occupied city of…

An Israeli Rabbi said, Wednesday, that Christians are not welcome in Jerusalem, and that he does not mind burning mosques…

This video is from a speech made by Arab Member of Knesset, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, head of the Arab Movement…

Dim lighting and candles softly illuminate decorative tapestries as the smell of incense fills the air and the harmonic sound…

The leader of the right-wing group Lehava, which calls for the expulsion of non-Jews from Israel, has issued a statement…

The Islamic Christian Commission for supporting Jerusalem and Holy sites considered a recently released video, showing the interrogation of the…

The Israeli Tax Authority has rejected a claim for compensation by officials of the Catholic Church demanding compensation for the…

Israeli forces attacked a protest rally by Palestinian Christians following mass on Sunday. Priests, patriarchs and other church leaders marched…

Dozens of Palestinians, headed by several Christians priests, conducted prayers on Palestinian lands that have been destroyed and uprooted by…

Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli border police near Bethlehem, Wednesday, after dozens of demonstrators, including priests, gathered to protest renewed…

The Presidential Committee for Christian Affairs, in Palestine, issued a statement condemning the Israeli High Court decision granting a green…

Israeli Jews banned, on Monday, Christian prayer at holy site of Jesus’ Last Supper, calling it “pagan ceremony.”Witnesses said that…

On Wednesday, the 27th of May 2015, at 11:00 AM, an unprecedented demonstration will be held in the plaza in…

The Islamic-Christian Committee to Support Occupied Jerusalem and Holy Sites warned,, Thursday, of a new project underway by Israeli authorities…

Vandals have smashed gravestones at a Maronite Christian graveyard in a village near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, Israeli police…

Israeli police, on Saturday, beefed up their military presence and procedures across Jerusalem, preventing Christians from reaching Al Qiyamah Church…

Thousands of Christian pilgrims filled Jerusalem’s ancient Church of the Holy Sepulcher, on Saturday, for the ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony which…

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem urged Christians to stand firm in the face of tragedy, as worshipers massed for Easter…

The archbishop of the Sebastian Greek Orthodox Church, Atallah Hanna, addressed crowds in the town of al-Ezzariya (Lazarus) on Saturday,…

After annual difficulty accessing religious sites, Palestinians have vowed to pursue ‘other means’ if restrictions continue.After annual difficulty accessing religious…

Israel is exploiting its upcoming elections in order to Judaise Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque, said the Islamic-Christian Commission in Support…

A rare ‘White Christmas’ was celebrated Tuesday evening by Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem. The snow did not hinder the festivities,…

Al Aqsa Association for Waqf and Heritage has reported that Israelis carried out some 86 assaults and violations of Islamic…

In a Middle East region that continues to suffer from the consequences of violence, the people of Palestine continue to…

Alison Weir Counterpunch September 29, 2014 An article in Middle East Quarterly, a pro-Israel publication, reports that support for Israel…

Dear Raymond Arroyo, I was watching your world over segment last night on EWTN and I had some concerns. My…

Your Holiness Pope Francis: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,…” ~Matthew 19:14, Our Lord…

Israeli authorities have allowed 660 Christians from Gaza to see Pope Francis, on Sunday, in the occupied West Bank city…

[Saturday, May 24, 2014] As the Pope is launching his visit to the region, a number of Israeli vandals wrote…

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the Hamas political bureau, says all Palestinians, regardless of religious diversities, are…

On June 6, which coincides with the 46th anniversary of Israel’s illegal occupation of Jerusalem, representatives of more than 45…

[Friday, May 9, 2014] A number of Israeli vandals wrote anti-Christian graffiti, along with other anti-Arab graffiti, near a Roman…

The Electronic Intifada | 5th May 2014 | Gaza City In Mapping Exile and Return: Palestinian Dispossession and a Political…

[Tuesday, April 29, 2014] In a letter delivered to the Latin Patriarch in the Holy Land, Paul Marcuzzo of Nazareth,…

Groups of Jewish Israeli settlers vandalized, on Tuesday, a church in the Galilee region and a mosque in the Haifa…

Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna and former Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, on Friday, April 25th, called upon Christian youth to resist…

Several Israeli-based organizations, on Wednesday, condemned a new campaign to recruit Palestinian Christian citizens of the country to serve in…

A group of Christians from East Jerusalem, on Sunday, said that Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian mobility has resulted in violations…

Suspected Jewish vandals, on Thursday, slashed the tires of over 40 cars and sprayed racist graffiti in a predominantly Christian…

[April 1, 2014] A number of Israelis attacked the Rafat Latin Monastery in West Jerusalem, puncturing car tires, and writing…

A new law to create a separate ‘Christian’ nationality for Palestinian citizens of Israel successfully passed through the Knesset, on…

[Tuesday at dawn October 1, 2013] For the second time in two days, extremist Israeli settlers broke a gravestone in…

Sunday [September 29, 2013] A number of Israeli extremists invaded a Christian Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem, and destroyed several gravestones…

A Christian Monastery in the Deir Jamal area, between Jerusalem and Ramla, was attacked by a Molotov cocktail, while racist…