There’s the Coverage! WSJ Reports on Christians in Israel
On October 9, CAMERA asked, “Where’s the Coverage? Israeli Christians Declare ‘the State of Israel is Our Heart.’” Over the weekend, we got an answer. The Wall Street Journal reported on “Israel’s Christian Awakening”:
Now, an informal grass-roots movement, prompted in part by the persecution of Christians elsewhere in the region since the Arab Spring, wants to cooperate more closely with Israeli Jewish society—which could mean a historic change in attitude toward the Jewish state. “Israel is my country, and I want to defend it,” says Henry Zaher, an 18-year-old Christian from the village of Reineh who was visiting Nazareth. “The Jewish state is good for us.”
The Journal quotes Shadi Khaloul, an Israeli Christian who served as a paratrooper in the IDF, and Rev. Gabriel Naddaf, a Greek Orthodox priest, both quoted in the CAMERA blog post. Rev. Naddaf tells The Journal:
Israel is my country… We enjoy the Israeli democracy and have to respect it and fight for it.
[…]Israel takes care of us, and if not Israel, who will defend us? We love this country…
CAMERA commends The Wall Street Journal for being the first among prominent news media outlets to report on this important development.
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