Christian Zionists

Women Behind the Wall is a podcast which explores what life is like for Christian Palestinian women living under occupation.

This Palestinian Life: Uncovering the stories of women behind the wall

A podcast highlighting stories of Christian Palestinian women aims to inform new audiences on how occupation impacts their personal lives. A mother in the West Bank struggling to explain to her child, on reaching a checkpoint, that no, they have not yet arrived at the zoo. A grandmother in Beit Sahour who wishes to join…

By Henriette Chacar August 29, 2018

Graffiti on the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank town of Bethlehem reads, "Merry Christmas from Bethlehem Ghetto," December 16, 2010.

Christian Zionists prefer to ignore Bethlehem’s Palestinians

Why does America’s largest Christian Zionist organization continue to ignore the plight of its co-religionists in Jesus’ birthplace? Text and photos by Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Happy birthday, Jesus! Once again, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), America’s largest Zionist organization of any kind, has used “Made in Israel” Christmas ornaments the centerpiece of its holiday fundraising…

By Activestills December 25, 2015

People wave American and Israeli flags at a Zionist Christian rally featuring Glenn Beck in Jerusalem, August 24, 2011. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

The decline of Christian Zionism

America’s largest Christian Zionist organization boasts about its numbers. But while their influence is a given, many Christians are slowly but surely seeing the justice of the Palestinian cause. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest Zionist Christian organization in the U.S., recently sent an email blast celebrating the…

By Activestills January 15, 2015

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A Christian Zionist attends a "Stand with Israel" rally in Boston, August 7, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Zionist Christians’ war on the true meaning of Christmas

The rhetoric of Christian Zionists consistently places loyalty to the modern state of Israel above the example and teachings of the Jesus born in Bethlehem whose birth Christmas celebrates. It’s time to stop calling such groups Christian Zionists and instead use the term Zionist Christians, to more accurately reflect their priorities. Photos and text by: Ryan…

By Activestills December 17, 2014

An international activist wears a traditional Palestinian keffiyeh and a cross earring while attending the Christ at the Checkpoint conference in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 14, 2014. The conference was organized by Palestinian Christians to educate the global church about the reality of injustice faced by those living under occupation and to study what the teachings of Jesus have to say about peace and justice in Palestine and Israel. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ challenges Christian Zionism

Last week’s Christ at the Checkpoint conference in the West Bank town of Bethlehem brought evangelical Christians together with their Palestinian sisters and brothers to ask what their faith has to say about the Israeli occupation. Christian Zionists aren’t happy about their answers. Text and photos by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org Two of the most potent…

By Activestills March 19, 2014

Christian Zionists march in Jerusalem, Octover 4, 2012. (Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

An open letter to Evangelical supporters of Israel

Addressing Christian Zionists who brush aside the occupation by saying, ‘it’s complicated,’ an American Evangelical writes: ‘Injustice is only complicated to those who don’t suffer from it.’ By Alice Su What would Jesus do if he were standing at a checkpoint in Israel/Palestine today? Asked that question one year ago, I would have given you…

By +972 Magazine March 19, 2014

Israeli soldiers raid the west bank village of Kfer Qaddum during the weekly demonstration against the occupation, October 5, 2012. (photo: Yotam Ronen/ Activestills.org)

A week in photos: October 4-10

By Activestills October 11, 2012