A Catholic Perspective on the Plight of Palestinian Christians
“The thought of one of our churches bombed in war is too monstrous to contemplate.”
July 25, 2025
Integration without coercion.
In the midst of the war with Iran and the subsequent intensification of the war in Gaza, Israel’s governing coalition came close to collapsing over efforts to draft Haredim into the IDF. On Wednesday, the same issue led Likud to oust Yuli Edelstein—one of its veteran parliamentarians—from the position of chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
“The thought of one of our churches bombed in war is too monstrous to contemplate.”
Taipei seeks to learn from Israeli resilience.
Integration without coercion.
Arnold Eisen grapples with an unknowable God.
“Public humiliation is akin to bloodshed.”
In the midst of the war with Iran and the subsequent intensification of the war in Gaza, Israel’s governing coalition came close to collapsing over efforts to draft Haredim into the IDF. On Wednesday, the same issue led Likud to oust Yuli Edelstein—one of its veteran parliamentarians—from the position of chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
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