Arab Christians living in Israel – Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In our current Russia and Asia Report Radio series, the statement was made that the Arabs in Israel feel 
neglected. At first I thought this might be a poor choice of english by someone whose mother tongue is Arabic until I read an article about Arab Christians in the Jerusalem Post.
One Arab living in Jersusalem put it this way, ‘To the Arabs, we’re Christians, which means Crusaders, and to the Israelis we’re Arabs, which means terrorists.”
Later in the same article, the same Arab Christian said, “Jews [worldwide] support the ultra-Orthodox who don’t work but just study and have five children to a family. The Muslims have large extended families who help each other out, and even they receive help from churches. We’re a small community and don’t receive anything, We don’t want handouts, but they (the church universal outside of the Holy Land – ed.) could help establish businesses or provide scholarships.”
One way you can help the Arabic Chrisitians in Israel is to partner with IRR/TV to help them with an evangelism campaign to their fellow Arabs. They are Christian Arabs with the winds of revival in their hearts who wish to see not only their Christian brothers and sisters renew or rediscover their faith, but to see Muslims discover who Jesus Christ really is and his power to give them a new life filled with hope and assurance of salvation.
If you would like more information, kindly read through the past few stories on this blog and listen to our podcast where indicated.
If you want to help, you can offer your tax deductible (USA & Canada) gift here: irrtv.org
July 14, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I must suggest to all Christians and Atheist to read this book “The End of Reason” by Dr. Ravi Zacharias. This book forces the reader’s mind to do the critical thinking that is so lacking in Christianity today. It should also be considered required reading for the atheist who has never really looked at a logical argument for the existence of God, or the Christian who has never really critically analyzed his own faith. Check out more information on The End of Reason here