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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) speaks with Special Envoy to the Christian World George Deek, in a photo released on April 23, 2026. (Foreign Ministry)
April 23, 2026, 7:07 pm
Israel appoints first special envoy to Christian world after scandals strain ties
Diplomat George Deek, a member of the Arab Christian community, recently served as ambassador to Azerbaijan; Sa’ar says Israel attaches ‘great importance’ to its ties with Christian world
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Security camera footage purporting to show masked settlers in the West Bank village of Taybeh on their way to commit a reported arson attack and vandalism, February 4, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 5, 2026, 10:21 am
Army, police probing alleged settler arson and vandalism in West Bank Christian village
Car reportedly torched, graffiti daubed on walls in Taybeh; no arrests reported; local priest says community lives in fear that blood will be spilled
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Dr. Fadi Badarna, right, a volunteer eye doctor with LeMa’anam (“for their sake” in Hebrew), a nonprofit organization providing free home healthcare to Holocaust survivors, and Aviv Paz, a LeMa'anam employee, look at the number tattoo that Chana Sandouvsky received in Auschwitz, in her home in Kiryat Bialik on April 16, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2025, 8:11 am
In shadow of Holocaust and war, Arab doctors find shared humanity in caring for survivors
Volunteering for nonprofit LeMa’anam, Christian Yosif Boulos and Muslim Fadi Badarna provide home visits for elderly who lived through horrors decades ago and in wake of October 7
By Diana Bletter
Father Michael Assi after Sunday morning services at Mar Elias Church in Fassuta on March 23, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2025, 6:36 am
Christians in a northern Galilee village lean into their faith as they fear for the future
In times of peace or war, church bells sound in Fassuta every day, giving some residents a sense of hope while others worry about the next generation and a return to war
By Diana Bletter and Rossella Tercatin
Syrian Christians gather for Sunday Mass at the Church of Saint George in the town of Maaloula, Syria, January 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
February 28, 2025, 2:17 pm
Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime
Residents of Maaloula, one of the few places where the ancient language is still spoken, worry they’ll be blamed for ousted leadership’s abuses, targeted in ‘revenge’ attacks
By Kareem Chehayeb
Ishaq Nissan, a Syriac Orthodox Christian, rings the church bell in the northeastern Syrian village of Tel Tal, currently controlled by the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, January 27, 2025. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
February 21, 2025, 8:30 am
Syria’s Christians mark 10 years since deadly ISIS attack amid worry for their future
More than 200 Christians were taken hostage during Feb. 2015 assault, leading to mass exodus; those who stayed behind now watch warily as former Islamist rebel leader takes charge
By BASSEM MROUE
Children on the top of an ousted Syrian government forces tank that was left on a street in an Alawite neighborhood, in Homs, Syria, December 26, 2024. (AP Photo/ Leo Correa)
December 27, 2024, 1:44 pm
Syria’s Homs settles into uneasy calm after brief eruption of sectarian violence
Security forces flood major mixed city, patrolling and checking IDs, days after gunfire at protest by members of Alawite minority; Christians say new regime protecting churches
By ABBY SEWELL
Girls pose for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah menorah displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 21, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
December 23, 2024, 9:56 am
After months of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Haifa’s Christians get ready for Christmas
Without the constant threat of war, residents say they can enjoy the reboot of the northern city’s annual Holiday of Holidays celebration, cancelled last year
By Diana Bletter
Deputy President of Supreme Court Judge Salim Joubran in the court in Jerusalem on June 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 15, 2024, 11:43 am
Salim Joubran, first Arab Israeli Supreme Court justice, dies at 76
Joubran served as deputy chief of court, was first Arab to chair election committee, sent ex-president Katsav to prison for rape, and ruled in favor of same-sex surrogacy rights
By ToI Staff
Arab-Christian Scouts march at the Virgin Mary Procession in Haifa, Israel on April 30, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
May 1, 2023, 9:32 pm
In Haifa, Catholics fly Israeli flags at mass march celebrating Virgin Mary
Some participants at procession says it is a testament to the robustness of the Christian-Arab community in the Jewish state
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: A Christmas parade outside the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on the eve of the Christmas holiday, December 24, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
December 26, 2022, 1:58 am
Annual Christmas report says Israel’s Christian population has grown to 185,000
Central Bureau of Statistics study finds community, concentrated largely in country’s north, grew by 2% in 2021
By Ash Obel
Supreme Court Chief Justice Ester Hayut with outgoing Supreme Court judge George Kara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2022, 7:02 pm
‘This wasn’t an easy time for me’: Arab Israeli Supreme Court justice Kara retires
Outgoing judge compares rampant crime to a contagious disease, urges increased enforcement; was among judges who convicted former president Katsav of rape
By Tobias Siegal
An Arab Israeli woman casts her vote during Israel's parliamentary elections on April 9, 2019, in Daliyat al-Carmel in northern Israel. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
May 1, 2019, 11:41 pm
New research claims fewer than half of Arab Israelis voted on April 9
Israel Democracy Institute’s Arik Rudnitzky says nation-state law led many Arabs to stay away, also cites collapse of Joint List; others have pointed to Likud cameras as deterrent
By Adam Rasgon
Roman Catholic Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa (center), leads the Easter Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 21, 2019. (GALI TIBBON / AFP)
April 21, 2019, 4:53 pm
Christians crowd Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre church to mark Easter
Without directly mentioning Sri Lanka bombings, Roman Catholic archbishop says hope ‘comes to the rescue of a faith that is at odds every day with such great violence’
By AFP
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Twal, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, attends Sunday mass ahead of Christmas at the Latin church in Gaza on December 16, 2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 17, 2019, 9:19 pm
Gazan Christians still waiting for permits to visit Jerusalem for Easter
MK sends letter to deputy defense minister demanding pilgrims in enclave be allowed to enter the West Bank and Israel
By Adam Rasgon
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