Christian Zionism

UK Zionist Federation email attacks “Palestinian Moslems”

A weekly news email by the UK’s Zionist Federation has included an extraordinary attack on “Palestinian Moslems” in a style reminiscent of 19th century colonial racism.

Forbidden to celebrate: Israel's war on Christmas continues despite Netanyahu's claim of tolerance

A college removes a Christmas tree while Israel’s state-funded rabbis use their power to block Christmas celebrations at hotels and restaurants.

New film explains the basics to achieving justice in Palestine

Asa Winstanley
18 October 2012

Filmmaker Sami Moukaddem demonstrates that the Palestinian situation isn’t complex in his debut documentary.

Israeli settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian Christian sites

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
11 October 2012

As part of the wider pattern of of “price tag” violence and arson, Israeli settlers have been attacking Palestinian churches and monasteries.

Bibi lauds "prophet of peace" as Christian Zionists lust for war

Senator Joe Lieberman’s demands for war against Iran delight the Christians United for Israel conference.

Israeli lawmaker tears up "abominable" New Testament, throws it in trash

A member of the Israeli parliament has torn up a copy of the New Testament and thrown it in the trash calling it an “abomination.”

Cowboy hats and kippas: Christian Zionists gather in Washington to cheer for Israel, pressure politicians

At its seventh annual conference in Washington, DC, Pastor John Hagee and 8,000 registered followers vow to support Israel, today, tomorrow, and forever.

Palestinian Christians attacked for challenging Christian Zionism

Emily Lawrence
Bethlehem
12 March 2012
Christian theologians, academics and church leaders recently converged in Bethlehem to meet with the local Palestinian church and challenge the Christian Zionist influence within the evangelical movement.

Interview: Mazin Qumsiyeh on popular resistance and breaking the spell of fear

David Cronin
16 June 2011
David Cronin interviews Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of the new book Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, on the popular struggle in the occupied West Bank and his experience being arrested and detained by Israeli forces.

Salaita skewers liberalism in "Israel's Dead Soul"

Raymond Deane
10 June 2011
Steven Salaita is an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech who has written several books on the failure of liberal civil rights discourse to counter anti-Arab racism, particularly in the United States. In his new book, Israel’s Dead Soul, he evaluates the potential complicity between enlightened ideals and their opposite.
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