Mideast Update on Christian Palestinian Persecution

 Jacki Scott

Update on Mideast: Of course, you've all probably been following the news--the latest of which is the Iran/Israeli clash.  We get local news here that's not broadcast in other parts of the world where you are. And while other war "news" is highlighted abroad there are events that are not mentioned in your country. One of these is the increased persecution of Christians in Palestine--which doesn't make news--but has increased dramatically since the Gaza war. While people are busy watching war news, other important things go unnoticed--and sometimes that's done intentionally so while people are distracted by news that the "powers that be" are feeding everyone, their dirty work goes unnoticed. There has been a vast amount of increased aggression in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (which is on their agenda to take over eventually). Here are 2 clips, to give an example, of Christians being persecuted & their lands being taken in Jerusalem. Please do pray for the Christians in Palestine, their resilience, their faith and protection.

Palestinian Christians
(Religion News Service) Palestinian Christians, a community that dates back to Jesus’ time, have long lived under the threat of extinction. This Easter, however, we bear witness to horrors never imagined. The church in the Holy Land, along with thousands of years of Palestinian culture and heritage, is disintegrating before our eyes. A Pastor in Bethlehem and founder of Dar al-Kalima University, the first and only Palestinian university with a focus on arts, culture and design. Palestinian Christians founded 40% of the aid organizations and other NGOs in the occupied territories. Our schools, hospitals and advocacy organizations serve all Palestinians and represent our third-largest private employer. Church-related organizations run a third of the health services in the West Bank and Gaza. (Christians make up only 2% of the population.) The Pastor states, "Yet, like all Palestinians, we have suffered the indignity of Israeli occupation and the crime of apartheid. Since Israel’s independence in 1948, our (Christian) villages have been razed, our people ethnically cleansed, our lives, lands and stories erased. We have persevered through decades of disenfranchisement, military occupation and injustice alongside our Muslim Palestinian brothers and sisters, witnessing and enduring what the International Court of Justice has found may be plausibly called a genocide." (The "Occupied Territories" are areas where Palestinians live & are supposed to live under their own laws and governance, but the Israelis are actually ruling over them with military force.)

5 April 2024. Israel shutting down part of Armenian Church in Jerusalem. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the attempts by the Israeli occupation police to evacuate the “Goverou Bardez”, also known as the “Cows Garden” which is a property of the Armenian Church in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem. The measures taken by “Israeli” police are considered “null and void and rejected under international law, and as a violation of the historical and legal status quo in occupied Jerusalem,” according to the statement.

Ministry Spokesperson Ambassador stated that the provocative actions against the Christians of occupied Jerusalem and the assaults on Christian religious figures constitute a clear and rejected violation of international law and the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its holy sites, calling on the international community to fulfill its responsibilities and to stop the ongoing and continuous violations of international law by the Israeli occupation.

The Ambassador emphasized that the Armenian Quarter is an integral part of the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls, registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981 at the request of Jordan, and was included in the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1982 due to violations and illegal measures by Tel Aviv in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Ambassador affirmed that all measures taken by the Israeli occupation aimed at changing the character of the holy city and its legal status are void and null, and are a blatant violation of relevant international conventions and resolutions. (End of article.)

The expulsion of Christian families in Jerusalem, and taking their homes and properties, as well as the property of the above Church is something that is going on continually here. It's not just a "once in a decade thing". It's continual and frequent. They are trying to completely wipe out Christians in Palestine & anything Christian--and anything related to Jesus so the Devil can claim it & take it as his own. Eventually the Devil will sit in the Temple in Jerusalem and proclaim himself as God, but first he needs to take over the property & the territory & kick out the Christians. So that's what he's working on. And that's the agenda.--And that's the "news" foretold in the Endtime verses, and that's the truly important news to follow.