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ICEJ challenges church leaders’ claim that Christian Zionism is 'damaging ideology'

The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem says its support for Israel is biblically rooted, and urges direct dialogue after the statement by Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, attends a Christmas service, at the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Netanyahu discusses Middle East geopolitics, Iran threat in Dr. Phil interview

"On the second day of the war," Netanyahu told McGraw, "I knew we were not only dealing with Hamas or Hezbollah, we were dealing with Iran."

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

PATRICIA HEATON in the Old City of Jerusalem last week. ‘Israel is like the first responders. They are sending their sons and daughters into battle.’

'My faith propelled me' to Israel, Patricia Heaton tells 'Post' in exclusive interview

The October 7 Coalition: American actress Patricia Heaton talks to The Jerusalem Post on her mission to inspire Christian solidarity and combat antisemitism.

NOVEMBER 7, 2025|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Pope Leo XIV looks on, on the day of the weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican August 27, 2025

Pope Leo's meeting with Herzog reveals Vatican's new diplomatic style

Leo, who became the first US pontiff when he was elected in May, takes an approach that is more muted than his predecessor Pope Francis.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2025|ByREUTERS

What are Israel's Christian communities afraid of?

There is a feeling that they are not important enough to come higher in Israeli priorities.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR

GREEK ORTHODOX Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the ‘Washing of the Feet’ ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City in April.

Celebrating Christmas with anti-Israel invective

Can Christian leaders celebrate the incarnation of Jesus Christ without dumping on the Jewish state, or is anti-Zionism a central element of their Christmas celebrations?

JANUARY 8, 2022ByDEXTER VAN ZILE

CHRISTMAS SYMBOLS are on display near Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City last month.

Archbishop of Canterbury falls for anti-Israel lies - comment

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby claimed Christians were being 'systematically' driven out of the Holy Land.

DECEMBER 27, 2021ByEMILY SCHRADER

A large Christmas tree adorns the promenade at the Notre Dame Center outside Jerusalem’s Old City.

Businesses suffer in the Christian Quarter with downturn of tourism

Domestic and foreign tourism has suffered during the coronavirus period, including the Old City of Jerusalem's Christian Quarter.

OCTOBER 8, 2021ByPEGGY CIDOR

IBRAHIM ABU SEIR in front of La Patisserie: Excluded.

How did missionary TV come to Israel?

For many on the Israeli side, this was seen as a “strictly business.”

JUNE 1, 2020ByELLEN W. HOROWITZ

Witnessing the growing rise of antisemitism in the US as a non Jew

Although I learned much about the subject during my years in Jerusalem, after I returned to the US in 2017 the encroachment of Jew-hatred has at times seemed too close for comfort.

MAY 23, 2020ByLELA GILBERT