Tag: Palestinian Christians
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BREAKING: Israel Declares Taybeh, the West Bank’s Last Entirely Christian Village, a Closed Military Zone
In the center of town, a sign of the residents’ faith. (Photo: MAB/Terre Sainte Magazine) Taybeh, Occupied West Bank, August 10, 2026 Taybeh has been declared a closed military zone by the Israeli military, preventing Israelis and foreign nationals from entering the village, as well as non-residents, according to Israeli military and media reports. The…
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A Message to the Living Stones
By Deacon Stephanus Khoury of Zababdeh, Jenin, Palestine, June 2026 Dear Living Stones in the homeland of Jesus, In these days, as discussions about land, borders, and ancient promises continue to grow, I invite every Christian to read the Old Testament through the light of the Cross and the Resurrection, rather than through the lens…
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Remembering the Palestinian Nakba
By Deacon Stephanus Khoury, St. George Greek Catholic Church, Zababdeh, Jenin May 15, 2026 Today, we remember the Palestinian Nakba, the open wound that began in 1948, when an entire people were uprooted from their land. More than 500 Palestinian villages and towns were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from their homes,…
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Faith, Land, and Justice
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, March 2026 A Palestinian Christian Response Reading the article “The Flaws of Christian Zionism” by Fr. David Neuhaus was both deeply affirming and emotionally challenging. Affirming, because it articulated many of the tensions that Palestinian Christians have lived with for generations; challenging, because it reminded me how often our voices…
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Kairos Palestine II: A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide
We look toward the day when we shall live free in our land, together with all the inhabitants of the earth, in true peace and reconciliation — founded upon justice and equality for all God’s creation, where “mercy and truth meet, and righteousness and peace kiss each other.” (Psalm 85:10) By Palestinian Christian Theologians and…