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Is Israel redefining Jerusalem's religious status quo?

In the shadow of the Iran war, Israel's unprecedented closure of Muslim and Christian holy sites threatens to upend Jerusalem's sensitive religious status quo

Elias Feroz
07 April, 2026
Catholic clergy members arrive to Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of on Easter Sunday Mass
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Israeli restrictions spoil Easter for Palestinian Christians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 April, 2026
Christians attend the service at Monastery of Saint Saviour to
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Israel prevents Jerusalem Latin Patriarch from celebrating mass

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 March, 2026
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Palestinian Christians defiant in Lent amid Israeli persecution

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Agnese Boffano
21 February, 2026
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Tucker Carlson praises Jordan during visit to Christian sites

The New Arab Staff
05 February, 2026
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Jerusalem churches warn Christian Zionism fuelling divisions

Agnese Boffano
27 January, 2026
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E. Jerusalem schools suspend classes after Israeli restrictions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
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Where faith refuses to die: Orthodox Christmas in Gaza amid war

Ali Skaik

Ali Skaik

08 January, 2026
Orthodox Christians who celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar attend a service at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza
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Why do some MENA Christians celebrate Christmas in January?

The New Arab Staff
07 January, 2026
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Christmas
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Amid war and occupation, Christmas quietly returns to Palestine

Elias Feroz
29 December, 2025
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Israeli violence casts shadow over Christmas in Haifa, West Bank

The New Arab Staff
24 December, 2025
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Palestinian Christians
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How Israeli settlements threaten Palestine's Christian heritage

Jessica Buxbaum
23 December, 2025
A displaced Palestinian man sits in a damaged building overlooking destruction in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, in the southern part of Gaza City, on November 29, 2025
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Palestinian Christians hail Pope Leo's two-state solution call

Sally Ibrahim
01 December, 2025
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Palestinian Christians
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Inside Israel's tax war on Palestinian churches

Issam Ahmed
30 October, 2025
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Steve Bannon calls for 'Christian state' in Middle East

The New Arab Staff
14 October, 2025
Smoke rises over residential buildings following the Israeli attack on ez-Zeytun and Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza on August 23,2025
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Jewish Policy Centre group 'threatens' Gaza Christians

The New Arab Staff
30 August, 2025
A view of the damage to the Holy Family church in Gaza City following an Israeli strike on the church, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on July 17, 2025.
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Catholic, Greek Orthodox clergy to stay in Gaza City to aid weak

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 August, 2025
Israel hit the historical church where civilians took shelter in Gaz
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Israel 'eradicating Christian presence' in Palestine

The New Arab Staff
16 August, 2025
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Is MAGA turning on Israel over West Bank church attack?

The New Arab Staff
22 July, 2025
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (C) and the Palestinian mayor of the village of Taybeh, Suleiman Khourieh (L), tour the fifth-century Church of St George in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh
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US: Attack on West Bank Palestinian church was 'act of terror'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 July, 2025
Catholic nuns and clergymen stand at the 5th-century Church of St George in the Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on July 14, 2025, a day after an arson attack. (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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West Bank: Israeli settlers storm church, army demolishes homes

The New Arab Staff
18 July, 2025