Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his Christmas greetings to Christians, highlighted the historical and present support of Israel by Christians on Tuesday while saying that his country is “proud of our Christian friends.” One day earlier, a new report…
Israel is home to three major world religions—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin is not only glad to see Israel’s commitment to freedom of religion, but also the status of the Christian community in the Jewish State. “These…
The Islamic Republic of Iran is not known for being open to religious minorities, and United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback highlighted some of the egregious Iranian offenses in a recent speech. Christians, Baha’is and…
The Christian population in the State of Israel grew 50% faster in 2017 than the year before—increasing by 2.2% versus 1.4%—and now numbers approximately 175,000 people, according to the latest numbers published by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).…
The recent vicious murder of a priest inside of a church in France by ISIS terrorists not only received condemnation from Israel, but a call to united opposition of such fanatical violence and at the same time a reminder that…
There are a number of Christian Arabs who want to serve in the Israeli military, but up until now a potential roadblock was other Arabs intimidating them from serving. But last week Israel took a step towards better Jewish and…