Mainstream media increasingly noticing trend among Israel’s Christians joining the IDF and wanting to integrate into Israeli society.
By Israel Today Staff
As Israel’s former ambassador to the US, Michael Oren, stated on several occasions, Israel has proved to be the one place in the Middle East where Christians can not only live without persecution, but can actually thrive.
It is no secret to the readers of Israel Today that a growing number of Israeli Christians, in particular a large group from Nazareth, are responding by volunteering to serve in the IDF and fully integrating with Israeli society as loyal and productive citizens.
This trend is increasingly gaining the attention of the foreign media, though in most places it is still sadly overshadowed by claims that Israel oppresses all non-Jews in the region.
In an example of the more positive aforementioned coverage, The Wall Street Journal last week published a piece on “Israel’s Christian Awakening,” which concluded that the changing attitudes of local Christians constituted a “notable shift in the balance of power among religious groups in the Middle East.”
Among those cited in the article were Father Gabriel Naddaf, Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum spokesman Shadi Khalloul, and former IDF naval captain Bishara Shlayan.
Read more about:
Father Gabriel Naddaf…
- Israel’s PM Salutes Christian IDF Soldiers, Proclaiming ‘We Are Brothers!’
- Nazareth Priest: In Israel, Christians Have Education, Employment, Welfare, Healthcare – Freedom
- Christian Priest calls out UN: Instead of Witch Hunt Against Israel, Save Mid-East Christians
Shadi Khalloul…
- Modern History: 1st Christian Israeli Child Registered as ‘Aramean’ not ‘Arab’
- Christian Spokesman: Calling on Israel to Stop Combating Terror Is Epitome of Hypocrisy
- Israeli Christians choose to embrace Israel
Bishara Shlayan…
- New pro-Israel Arab party declares EU boycott to be counterproductive
- Christians from Nazareth Launch Tourism Effort & New Website
- ‘We are not Arabs. We are Arabic Speaking Christians’
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