Palestinian Christians

Pastor accuses PA gov’t of neglecting quarantined people in Bethlehem

Saturday-14-March-2020

Father Bassam Bannoura a noted Palestinian Pastor has hit out at the Palestinian Authority (PA) government for neglecting foreign tourists and Palestinian citizens being quarantined for over a week in the Angel Hotel in Bethlehem south of the occupied West Bank.

Issa slams Israel for barring Gaza Christians’ travel to holy cities

Saturday-14-December-2019

The Islamic Christian Authority for Patronizing Jerusalem and holy sites has strongly denounced the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) for banning Palestinian Christian citizens in the Gaza Strip from visiting their holy sites in Jerusalem the West Bank and the 1948 occupied lands.

Gaza Christians denied visits to Jerusalem Bethlehem for Christmas

Friday-13-December-2019

The Gaza Strip Christians have been banned by the Israeli occupation authorities from visiting holy cities like Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year.

Israel bans Gaza Christians from entering Bethlehem

Saturday-15-December-2018

An international organization concerned with defending the rights of Christians in the Middle East and Northern Africa on Saturday said that Israel has not issued permits to Christians in Gaza to visit the West Bank especially Bethlehem during the Christmas holiday.

IOA seizes assets and bank accounts of J’lem Orthodox Church

Friday-16-February-2018

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has seized assets and bank accounts belonging to the Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem totaling over 30 million shekels.

Bethlehem rejects Patriarch Theophilos

Tuesday-9-January-2018

Seen as a precedent that has never occurred before in the history of Palestine thousands of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem refused a few days ago to give Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem a welcome reception and called him a traitor during his recent visit to the city for the Greek Orthodox Christmas Eve.

Father Hanna spat on and insulted by Jewish settlers in J’lem

Thursday-14-September-2017

Father Atallah Hanna Archbishop of the Palestinian Orthodox Church in Occupied Jerusalem was exposed last Tuesday evening to a spitting and verbal attack by Jewish students in the Old City of Occupied Jerusalem.

Christian figures call for protecting Jerusalem’s Arab identity

Tuesday-6-December-2016

Christian religious figures have called for necessarily protecting the Arab identity of Jerusalem and its Christian and Islamic holy sites against Israel’s Judaization policy.