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Bethlehem priest denied US visa, says Palestinian identity was central to decision

Thaljieh said his experience during his interview at the US Embassy led him to believe that his Palestinian nationality and identity were the primary reasons for the denial.

Father Issa Thaljieh, the Greek Orthodox parish priest in Bethlehem, stands among large columns inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, on December 19, 2024.
Jordanian security forces stand guard outside Jordan's State Security Court, which is expected to deliver its verdict in the trial of suspects accused of carrying out the October 23 attack on a church in Karak that killed nine people and injured 40 others, in Amman, Jordan, November 15, 2026.

Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over Karak terror shooting which killed nine people

Christians attend a service at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Church during a mass for "World Peace", where all Christian denominations gathered to pray for an end to the war in the Middle East, in Baghdad on April 16, 2026.

Iraq opens new Coptic cathedral in Baghdad welcoming diaspora Christians to return safely

An evening prayer is held by Jews, Christians and Muslims at the Peace Palace due to the Israeli-Palestinan conflict, in The Hague, Netherlands, October 11 2023.

Dutch Jewish leader tells ‘Post’: ‘If you’re visibly Jewish in Holland, you have a real problem’


American Jewish Congress launches initiative to strengthen Black-Jewish relations

The 500-member delegation’s ‘Unfinished Business’ pilgrimage was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s planned 1967 visit to Israel, which never took place.

American Jewish Congress President Daniel Rosen address hundreds of Black Christian leaders in Jerusalem.

Germany's left-wing Die Linke struggles to form coalition as anti-Israel controversy swirls

Die Linke came first in the elections to the capital's parliament, which is also a federal state, winning 25.7% of the vote and 45 of the 153 seats, marking a political upheaval in Berlin.

The Berlin state parliament building (Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin) stands on September 5, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Judge cites religious hatred as suspect in Maronite Nahariya church vandalism remains jailed

Judge cites strong evidence and suspected religious hatred as a man accused of vandalizing a Maronite prayer hall in Nahariya remains in custody.

Apology note left at the altar of the Lebanese Maronite prayer hall in Nahariya after it was vandalized.

‘They had him crucified’: Christian convert faces torture, execution in Egypt for leaving Islam

“He was tortured. They attempted to remove his cross tattoo and brought him Islamic religious figures. They had him crucified the whole time he was there," his fiancee, Sophia told the 'Post.'

Said Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek and his fiancee, Sophia.

Kenyan cult leader sentenced to 200 years in prison for murder of 190 children

Mackenzie's accomplices threatened and beat victims to ensure they followed his orders. The emaciated bodies were found scattered in shallow graves and dumped in latrines.

Paul Mackenzie, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, looks on in court following his sentencing at the Mombasa High Court, in Mombasa, Kenya November 6, 2026.

500 Black Christian leaders arrive in Israel for 'Unfinished Business' pilgrimage

The delegation arrived on Thursday to fulfill a pilgrimage envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967, nearly six decades after his planned visit was canceled.

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026.

Israel must not become the scapegoat for America’s political failures - opinion

Blaming Israel for America's political failures echoes a troubling history that Christian leaders have a moral obligation to reject.

US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, November 2, 2026.

More than 60,000 Christians, Jews march in Peru in support of Israel, against antisemitism

Speaking to the crowd, Ambassador Dagan encouraged people to commit to fighting Jew-hatred as a way of honoring the memory of those who died in the Holocaust.

March in Lima, Peru of over 60,000 Christians and Jews in solidarity with Israel and in memory of the Holocaust, October 31, 2026.

Egyptian prosecutors seek ‘maximum penalty’ for Christian convert for contempt of Islam

Abdelrazek, who converted from Islam, was arrested in July 2025 and has been detained by Egyptian authorities since then on undisclosed charges.

Egyptian flags wave in front of a gate at the Rafah border crossing, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, January 28, 2025.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson praises Israel’s official 'Biblical' Highway 60 designation

Highway 60 is one of Israel's major north-south transportation arteries, running along the West Bank and connecting a series of locations central to biblical history and Jewish heritage.

This photograph shows construction work to widen Route 60 outside Ramallah.