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Background: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, censes during Sunday morning mass at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 20, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
July 25, 2025, 8:25 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Why Israel is misfiring in ties with Christians
ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into the overdue need for official Israel to set up an office — or even a ministry — to secure ties with the Christian world
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Israelis watch the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem march, October 4, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 4, 2023, 10:49 pm
As spitting attacks continue, some religious Jerusalemites embrace Christian marchers
Delegations at annual ICEJ Feast receive warm welcome from Haredi teens, families lining route, on same day police arrest five for spitting at pilgrims
By Lazar Berman
A Jewish man seen spitting at Christians in Jerusalem during a parade for the festival of Sukkot on October 4, 2023. (Israel Police)
October 4, 2023, 12:49 pm
5 arrested for spitting at Christians in Jerusalem; police minister: It’s not criminal
Ben Gvir says attacks on pilgrims wrong but ‘not everything justifies an arrest’; MK Rothman: Most in procession were perfectly behaved, police blowing things out of proportion
By ToI Staff
Dozens of Orthodox Jews hold signs during a protest outside a Christian Embassy Feast of Tabernacles eventa t the Pais Arena stadium in Jerusalem on October 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 3, 2023, 11:50 pm
Amid tensions, anti-Christian protesters target Christian Embassy event in Jerusalem
Following widespread condemnation of spitting incident in Old City, dozens of activists decry Feast of Tabernacles gathering featuring president, intelligence minister
By Lazar Berman
Church of the Holy Sepulchre on March 10, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
March 30, 2023, 2:18 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 30: Why isn’t Israel taking persecution of Christians seriously?
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on what’s happening at the President’s Residence; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on fallout from US-Israel rift and desecrated churches
By ToI Staff
The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish in Tabgha, northern Israel, February 12, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 21, 2021, 1:53 pm
Vandals steal iron cross from altar at ‘Loaves and Fishes’ Galilee church
Representative for Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes says suspects may have arrived by boat to pry loose cross from basalt rock altar
By AFP
Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
March 12, 2019, 6:36 pm
Church official fumes after case against suspected monastery vandals dropped
Decision to not pursue prosecution of pair over anti-Christian graffiti on Dormition Abbey called ‘unacceptable’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Right-wing activists protest alleged Shin Bet torture of Jewish terror suspects, staging mock torture scenes in Tel Aviv, December 25, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 11, 2019, 7:56 pm
Prosecution drops case against far-right activists in Jerusalem church arson
Decision marks further blow to Shin Bet, which saw confessions it extracted from suspect through elaborate jailhouse informant exercise thrown out by court two months ago
By Jacob Magid
Anti-Christian graffiti found on the walls of Jerusalem's Dormition Abbey reads 'Death to the heretical Christians, the enemies of Israel,' January 17, 2016. (The Dormition Abbey)
January 1, 2019, 2:55 pm
In blow to Shin Bet, court quashes minor’s confessions in Jerusalem church arson
Judge labels interrogators’ conduct ‘offensive and threatening;’ attorney says far-right activist was harassed for four straight days in elaborate jailhouse informant exercise
By Jacob Magid
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate Pierbattista Pizaballa leads the Easter Sunday procession, on April 1, 2018, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON)
July 31, 2018, 12:35 am
Catholic Church in Jerusalem slams nation-state law, urges Christians to protest
Holy Land Latin Patriarchate says the legislation violates UN resolution that led to Israel’s founding, as well as Declaration of Independence
By ToI Staff
An image of the Marvel Comics superheroes by Marcello Silk Screen artist. (Flikr/Public Domain)
April 10, 2017, 1:14 am
‘Marvel’ retracts hidden anti-Jewish messages in comic
Indonesian illustrator of ‘X-Men Gold #1’ included references to Koranic verses warning against friendship with non-Muslims
By ToI Staff
Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas celebration at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbassia District of Cairo on January 6, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
January 7, 2017, 5:52 pm
Fearful Egypt Copts mark Christmas after church bombing
Recent surge of deadly attacks by Muslims heightens concerns among small Christian minority; ‘Even in church you can’t feel safe,’ one says
By Haitham el-Tabei
An Egyptian woman holds a sign in Arabic that reads, "the demands are not only for Christians but for all Egyptians," during a protest against the latest surge of assaults on Christians in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
August 14, 2016, 1:25 am
Egypt Christians stage rare Cairo protest demanding rights
Amid surge in attacks by Muslims in outlying areas, Copts demand better protection from government, courts
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a mass in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched during clashes a few earlier months earlier, in the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the Minya governorate, July 24, 2016. (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)
July 28, 2016, 8:55 am
Egypt Christians look to new law to end discrimination
Legislation aims to even the ground on building permits between Muslims and Copts amid dark times for church followers
By Haitham el-Tabei
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, visits Coptic Pope Tawadros II, during Christmas Eve mass at St. Mark's Cathedral, in Cairo, Egypt, January 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
July 25, 2016, 10:20 pm
Coptic pope warns of increased attacks on Christians
Egypt’s largest minority sees sectarian attacks on the rise; parliament drafting new law to permit new churches
By AP
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