On September 16, 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a memorial for Christian IDF soldiers that Israel is the only Middle Eastern nation where Christians flourish and grow, calling it an "island of tolerance" amid regional persecution elsewhere.
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Netanyahu: The State of Israel is the only place where the Christian community is flourishing and growing — the only place in the Middle East. Everywhere else, they are persecuted, they emigrate, or they are slaughtered. Only here do they find their place, their home.
Netanyahu said that Israel was an "island of tolerance" in the region. The State of Israel is the only place in the Middle East where the Christian community flourishes and grows," he added.