In a Christmas sermon, Palestinian Rev. Munther Isaac called out Western churches’ complicity in Israel’s assault.

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As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday, we go to Palestine to speak to Reverend Munther Isaac, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Ramallah and director of the Bethlehem Instit...

<article data-history-node-id="421518" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-pastor-munther-isaac-says-pope-renewed-sense-hope-among" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-pastor-munther-isaac-says-pope-renewed-sense-hope-among" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac says Pope 'renewed sense of hope' among Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning, saying Palestinians, and Palestinian Christians in particular, had lost a "dear friend" who was "beloved in Palestine."</p> <p>"He conveyed true compassion to Palestinians, most notably to those in Gaza during this genocide. His pastoral heart was evident in his insistence on calling the Christian community besieged in Gaza on a constant basis, even from his hospital," he said.</p> <p>Recounting Pope's visit to Israel's separation wall in Bethlehem,&nbsp;Isaac said: "The Pope left, and the occupation and the wall remained."</p> <p>"But we were left with a renewed sense of hope—knowing that we are not forgotten," he said.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Palestinian, and Palestinian Christians in particular, have lost a dear friend today. Pope Francis was beloved in Palestine. He conveyed true compassion to Palestinians, most notably to those in Gaza during this genocide. His pastoral heart was evident in his insistence on… <a href="https://t.co/wDvgExuEhR">pic.twitter.com/wDvgExuEhR</a></p> — Munther Isaac منذر اسحق (@MuntherIsaac) <a href="https://twitter.com/MuntherIsaac/status/1914241976947343578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday, we go to Palestine to speak to Reverend Munther Isaac, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Ramallah and director of the Bethlehem Instit...

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Journalist Peter Oborne sat down with Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac, who leads the Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, to discuss topics such as the hardships Israel's actions have caused for Palestinian Christians, the genocide in Gaza and the influence of Christian Zionists in the United States.

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“Right now, in Palestine, we have given up on the idea that the church would side or help us stop this genocide,” Isaac told Sojourners.

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Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire • Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline A survivor from a massacre of Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza has said he saw Israeli troops open fire on a succession of Red Crescent ambulances and rescue vehicles and then use a bulldozer to bury the wreckage in a pit. Munther Abed, a 27-year-old Red Crescent volunteer, was in the back of the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of an airstrike in the Hashashin district of Rafah before dawn on 23 March, when it came under intense Israeli fire. His two Red Crescent colleagues sitting in the front were killed but he survived by throwing himself to the floor of the vehicle. Continue reading...