Selective Outrage: The WSJ [Margherita Stancati] Distorts the Reality of Christians in Israel

Throughout the past decade, the Christian community across the Middle East has been targeted by hatred, terrorism, and overall persecution. This has resulted in a massive decrease in the Christian population throughout the Middle East, which today constitutes 3% of the region’s population, compared to constituting around 14% in 1900. In Israel, the opposite trend is seen. In 2025, Christians in Israel accounted for 1.9% of the country’s population, and the population had increased by 0.7% from 2023 to 2024. Yet when it comes to the international media, stories of Christian hatred in Israel are more frequently the aspects of...