Articles in "Christians in Israel"
Israel’s Orthodox Christians Mark Christmas Subdued by War
In Haifa, a city symbolizing coexistence among Muslims, Jews, and Christians, the cancellation of the holiday celebrations echoed a ...
Christmas in Wartime: An Israeli Christian Soldier’s Story
Despite the country being at war, one Christian soldier on Christmas leave said the holiday will still go on. It's just slimmed down from a ...
Israel’s Christian Population Grew 1.3% in 2023
Israel's Christian population grew 1.3% in 2023, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday, ahead of ...
Five Arrested in Jerusalem for Allegedly Spitting on Christians
Israeli police on Wednesday arrested five Orthodox Jews on assault charges after they allegedly spat at Christians in Jerusalem's Old ...
Jerusalem Dismisses Criticism After Christian Holy Fire Ceremony Ends Safely
One day after the Christian Holy Fire Ceremony concluded safely in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Israeli security officials ...
Israel-Church Tensions Rise Ahead of Jerusalem’s Holy Fire Ceremony
This coming Saturday, Christians will celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, but a disagreement ...
Meet Jerusalem’s First ‘Official’ Santa Claus
Issa Kassissieh, a resident of the Christian quarter in East Jerusalem, is the first Santa Claus in the Holy Land and the Middle ...
Israeli Christians to Ministers of Public Security and Defense: Protect Us from ISIS during Easter
Arab-speaking Israeli Christians sent a letter on Tuesday to Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, Defense Minister Beny Gantz, Police ...
Christian Population in Israel Grew by 1.4% in 2020
In 2020, the Christian population in Israel grew by 1.4%, the Central Bureau for Statistics showed in a special report published Tuesday ...
‘Baseless and Distorts Reality’: Israel Rejects Claims of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on Threat to Their Existence in Holy Land
Israel strongly pushed back against allegations presented by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem about a threat to their ...
