𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍g

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐈: “𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐘”

“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 — 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

— Israel is the 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 where Christianity is growing — both in raw numbers 𝐚𝐧𝐝 as a proportion of society

— In Israel, there is 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 — Christians, Muslims, and Jews all have state-funded religious institutions

— Churches receive 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠

— In every other Middle East country, conflict drives Christians out — “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮”

This directly counters the narrative pushed by Tucker Carlson and others who frame Israel as anti-Christian.

𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞.