Palestinian Christians

Christians in Jerusalem live the pains of Gaza, cancel Christmas celebrations

Monday-25-December-2023

Jida Khamishta, a resident of Jerusalem, is glued to the television screen around the clock, following the news of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip for the past two and a half months.

Israeli sniper kills two Christian women inside Gaza church

Sunday-17-December-2023

Two Christian women – an elderly mother and her daughter – were shot dead by an Israeli sniper during their presence inside a Catholic church in Gaza City, the Latin Patriarchate of Occupied Jerusalem said on Sunday.

Hamas condemns banning Christians from accessing holy places

Thursday-8-December-2022

The Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for banning Christians from the Gaza Strip from accessing holy places in Jerusalem and Bethlehem on religious holidays.

Hanna: Christian churches condemn settlers’ flag march

Monday-30-May-2022

The Roman Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in Jerusalem Atallah Hanna said on Sunday that the Christian churches condemn the provocative Israeli settlers’ flag march in Occupied Jerusalem.

Rajoub urges Muslims and Christians to close ranks against threats

Sunday-24-April-2022

Palestinian lawmaker Nayef al-Rajoub has called on the Muslim and Christian Palestinians to join forces to confront the Israeli dangers threatening their joint existence and future.

Higher Committee of Churches slams Israeli violations on Holy Saturday

Sunday-24-April-2022

The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine has denounced Israeli violations against Christian worshipers in the Holy Saturday celebrations and the police restrictions on their access to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Church Committee slams settler attack on Dormition Abbey in J’lem

Tuesday-8-March-2022

The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine has denounced what it described as “the sinful attack” that was carried out by extremist settlers on the Abbey of the Dormition in Occupied Jerusalem.

Theophilos sells off more church land for settlement project

Wednesday-6-January-2021

The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III has raised the ire of the Christian community in Palestine once again after he sold off more church property about 110 dunums of land to two Israeli companies seeking to connect a Bethlehem-area settlement with Jerusalem.

Father Musallam: Hamas is a friend for Christians

Monday-21-December-2020

Father Manuel Musallam a noted Palestinian priest and head of the World Popular Organization for Jerusalem Justice and Peace has defended the Hamas Movement against a recent smear campaign targeting it and accusing of persecuting the Christians in Gaza.