Author: Kirollos Abdalla

By Kirollos Abdalla — Turkey’s president may want to restore the glories of the Islamist Ottoman Empire, but lately he’s been at risk of losing democratic power in his homebase and has cracked down on opponents, journalists and protesters. Recep Tayyip Erdogan partially funded the Islamist takeover of Syria and is operating in airports and infrastructure inside Syria – a move opposed by Israel, given Erdogan’s increasing anti-Israel rhetoric that aligns with Muslim hatred of Jews. Analysts suspect Erdogan is trying to mobilize Islamist outrage behind him in a bid for increasing regional power. The Turkish Ottomans controlled most of…

By Kirollos Abdalla – Emboldened by the fact that Hamas is being decimated by the Israeli military, hundreds (perhaps thousands) of Gazans took to the streets last week to manifest their opposition to the ruling Palestinian terrorist group that invaded Israel Oct. 7, 2023. “Hamas are terrorists! Out! Out!” they chanted in videos released to the media via Telegram. Observers hoped the recent protests – which started in 2006 and repeated in 2019 but were stamped down by Hamas – would represent a turning point to end the incessant hatred and violence that scourges the region. But those hopes were…

By Kirollos Abdalla — As an Arab Israeli, Saleem Shalash harbored hatred towards Israeli Jews. As a child of Arab parents who accepted Israeli citizenship inside the newly formed Jewish state, he clung doggedly to ethnic prejudices. “All I dreamed of was to destroy this country, to cast out these infidel Jews,” Saleem said on Can I Trust the Bible? podcast. “They crucified my Savior.” The enmity between Israelis and Arabs in the region runs deep, as evidenced by the conflagration between Hamas and Israel. As a Christian pastor in Nazareth, Saleem offers hope that the war and hatred can…