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Joni Lamb, late Daystar co-founder, named Israel's top Christian ally for 2026

White House faith adviser Paula White-Cain takes second place in Israel Allies Foundation's annual list, which recognizes Christian leaders for their support of the Jewish state.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Joni Lamb, the late Christian broadcaster, has been named Israel's leading Christian ally for 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the cornerstone laying ceremony for a memorial for Christian soldiers, September 16, 2026.

Israel facing propaganda attack, Netanyahu says at memorial ceremony for Christian IDF soldiers

Netanyahu said that Israel was an "island of tolerance" in the region. The State of Israel is the only place in the Middle East where the Christian community flourishes and grows," he added.

|ByTZVI JASPER
A nun was assaulted near King David's tomb on Tuesday April 28, 2026.

State indicts man for attacking nun in Jerusalem’s Old City

The incident, which drew widespread condemnation, took place last Wednesday in an alley near King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Israel Police officers arrested Shreiber shortly afterward.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026.

Huckabee critcizes Israel police over Pizzaballa's Palm Sunday incident

"The action today by the Israel National Police ... is an unfortunate overreach already having major repercussions around the world," Huckabee wrote in a social media post.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Christian Arabs increase integration into Israeli society

Mobilization Forum is working to make it easier for population to join the IDF

JANUARY 17, 2016ByCARMIT SAPIR VITZ/MAARIV
Father Gabriel Nadaf

Tour Israel: Christmas in Nazareth

We have our very own Middle Eastern style of Christmas right here at home in towns like Nazareth.

DECEMBER 24, 2015ByMEITAL SHARABI
Christmas decorations

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem leads mass in Gaza on last Sunday of Advent

Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch, Fuad Twal, arrived at the Strip to visit local Christians who are unable to travel to Bethlehem for Christmas.

DECEMBER 20, 2015ByREUTERS
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem leads mass in Gaza on last Sunday of Advent

City Notes: Pre-IDF ceremony for Christian recruits marks historic enlistment rate

News briefs from around the nation.

AUGUST 19, 2015ByCOMPILEDTAMARA ZIEVE
Meteor shower

To the studious go the spoils

For decades, the Jerusalem Rotary Club has granted modest scholarships to worthy high school students in the capital.

JUNE 10, 2015ByGAVRIEL FISKE
A high-school student receives an award from the Jerusalem Rotary Club.

Court rules that film on Jesus tomb, marriage to Mary Magdalene was not a fraud

Court Grants massive defamation award to filmmaker Jacobovici against critic; Judge leaves question of truth to academia.

JUNE 8, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Jesus and Mary

Educating young people to be a voice for Israel

Israel’s messengers are now confident telling the world not only to donate to Israel’s needs, but to invest in Israel’s market.

MAY 26, 2014ByYAEL ECKSTEIN
MIRRORS USED by Israeli start-up NewCO2fuel are seen at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot

Bells and tombs in the Christian Quarter

Our guide wanted us to see Jerusalem from a different perspective than that provided on the standard Old City tour.

APRIL 17, 2014ByAVIVA BAR-AM
A stained-glass window in the Latin Patriarchate.