Christians face harassment and violence from Israeli settlers
On Capitol Hill, a protest was held to denounce the mainstream media's silence about the growing wave of persecution of Christians by Israelis.
From a brutal attack on a nun in Jerusalem to the desecration of a cross in Lebanon, the increasing number of high-profile incidents is drawing attention to Israel's worsening violent intolerance of many groups
In the West Bank and in Gaza, Christians are being persecuted. Christians are being harassed.
Israeli settlers have attacked people in the Christian village of Taybeh, and it's not just because they're Christian, but Palestinians do not have equal rights.
Protestor 01, Priest
Getting spit on, disparaging graffiti, insults, intimidation; all things which would receive huge amounts of attention if done towards Jews have reportedly become a daily experience for Palestinian Christians.
Almost 200,000 Christians live in Israel. However, polls indicate that half of them under the age of 30 are considering leaving due to the constant violence, harassment and insults as Israeli society continues to drift even further to the right
The conditions that the Israeli [regime] has created have made it impossible for the Palestinian Christian community to continue to exist because of the checkpoints, the apartheid wall, and more importantly, all the Arab Palestinian Christians depend on tourism.
Khader El-Yateem, Palestinian-American Community Orghanizer
Israel's decades of land grabs and murder of Palestinians of all faiths have escalated into an attempt to foment an all-out regional war since October 7, 2023.
This has allowed Israel's most racist and ultra nationalist groups, who have been incorporated into the government, to feel that they can operate with impunity.
I serve in Jordan with a church that has people largely of Palestinian descent from the West Bank, so they have relatives there, and they tell me stories about things going on.
I've been there a couple times myself, and it's just really hard for them to live their lives.
Their movements are restricted; many times people have a hard time getting to work. Many people have suffered severely economically because of inability to work.
They sometimes have trouble getting to medical appointments and doctors, schools, all kinds of difficulties that we hear about.
And not only that, but settler violence has increased to really a point that is intolerable.
Protestor 02, Priest
The protesters made their way to Congress to push lawmakers into action because it's often said that unless Israel's anti-Christian hate crimes get attention in Washington, there is little chance that they can be prevented in the future.
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