Christian leaders hold emergency summit in Jerusalem to confront global rise in antisemitism

JERUSALEM: The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) convened an exigency acme this week amid increasing interest implicit the planetary emergence successful antisemitism pursuing the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023.

The three-day league successful the Israeli superior comes astatine a clip erstwhile societal media influencers are consistently pushing antisemitic hatred to their millions of followers.

"Attacking the Jews means attacking the precise roots of one’s ain faith. It means warring against the radical who gave america the Bible. Jesus was Jewish," ICEJ President Dr. Jürgen Bühler told Fox News Digital.

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Christian leaders be the ICEJ's exigency acme connected antisemitism connected Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 astatine the Vert edifice successful Jerusalem, Israel. (Amelie Botbol for Fox News Digital)

"If you don’t combat antisemitism, you are sawing disconnected the subdivision you beryllium on. For the religion to survive, we request to link to our roots, warring antisemitism needs to beryllium astatine the forefront of each pastor and each person astir the world," helium added.

One of the cardinal themes of the league is Replacement Theology, a doctrine that holds the Church has replaced the Jewish radical successful God’s plan.

"The Bible is afloat of God’s eternal program which includes the Jewish people. Paul’s connection successful Romans 11 that ‘the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable' relates to Israel. This is simply a doctrine that goes contrary to what the New and Old Testament are teaching and that’s wherefore we request to person this conference," Bühler said.

"One cannot contradict the Jewishness of the Bible. The astir predominant connection successful the Bible is the sanction of God and the 2nd astir utilized sanction is Israel. Jesus was calved successful Bethlehem, helium died successful Jerusalem, resurrected successful Jerusalem, roseate to eden from Jerusalem and helium is coming backmost to Jerusalem. If you work the Bible it is truthful casual to spot the transportation to Israel," helium added.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee places a enactment successful the Western Wall arsenic Holy Week and Passover travel to a close. (@USAmbIsrael/X)

Israel’s recently appointed Special Envoy to the Christian world, George Deek, addressed the gathering connected Wednesday, portion Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are scheduled to be the summit’s closing lawsuit connected Thursday astatine the overseas ministry arsenic keynote speakers.

In a recorded connection broadcast astatine the summit, Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked Christian leaders for mobilizing against antisemitism.

"We are witnessing a precise disturbing surge of antisemitism each implicit the world. This is simply a large situation for humanity. This is the age-old, possibly the oldest plague successful humanity, and we person to basal up unneurotic — thought leaders and spiritual leaders — and say, ‘No more,’ and thatch radical astir the sources of this evil and however to antagonistic antisemitism," Herzog said.

"I judge that countering antisemitism requires a operation of 3 large elements: instrumentality enforcement, adjudication and education," helium said.

Vice President JD Vance, left, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog shingle hands during a gathering astatine the statesmanlike residence, successful Jerusalem, connected Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Leo Correa/AP)

"You, beloved leaders, person a immense capableness of warring back, and I bless you. Truly, I bless you arsenic the president of Israel for coming present and warring back, for coming present and discussing however to combat back," Herzog concluded.

Dr. Andrew J. Nolte, who launched Regent University’s Israel Institute successful 2024, said students often repetition antisemitic claims, including the accusation that Jews killed Jesus.

"The reply from a Christian theological position is that we each killed Jesus, helium died for our sins. There is simply a theological knowing of the guilt we carnivore for Jesus’s blood," Nolte told Fox News Digital.

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre dates backmost to the 4th century. (Archivio Università di Roma Sapienza)

While Israel has faced caller disapproval implicit attraction of Christians – mostly astatine the hands of a fewer extremists – the state is seen arsenic a beacon of state of religion successful the Middle East.

As of December 2025, Israel’s Christian colonisation stood astatine astir 184,200 people, representing 1.9% of the country’s full population. The assemblage grew by 0.7% implicit the erstwhile year.

Arab Christians relationship for 78.7% of Israel’s Christian colonisation and comprise 6.8% of the country’s wide Arab population.

Most Arab Christians reside successful bluish Israel. Among non-Arab Christians, 42% unrecorded successful the Tel Aviv and Central districts, compared to 33.9% successful the Northern and Haifa districts.

Christian pilgrims carrying woody crosses locomotion done Jerusalem's Old City towards the Holy Sepulcre religion during the Orthodox Good Friday procession connected May 3, 2024.  (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Nolte said that Christians successful Israel clasp salient positions, noting that the provost of the University of Haifa is simply a Maronite Christian and that Christian communities successful the state study comparatively precocious income levels. He besides said that, successful astir cases involving civilian rights and spiritual state brought by Christians successful Israel, the outcomes person been decided successful their favor.

"If you are comparing Israel to immoderate Muslim state successful the Middle East, the presumption of Christians is overmuch higher. As a Christian, you are amended disconnected present than anyplace other successful the region," helium added.

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Israeli Christians successful Nazareth clasp a Christmas  parade connected Dec. 24, 2025. (Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL)

Christopher Kuehl, laminitis of Present Witness and co-host of the One New Man podcast, emphasized that biblical illiteracy among younger generations is fueling disorder astir Israel.

He opened his remarks astatine the league by citing a caller U.S. survey connected Gen Z’s alignment with biblical teachings and however intimately their worldview corresponds with scripture, noting that lone astir 5% demonstrated beardown adherence.

"Israel gets thrown into that ignorance, that biblical ignorance. Social media is what teaches children and Gen Z; they walk 8 hours a time connected it and spell to religion erstwhile a week for 20 minutes. How does 1 make a connection successful 20 minutes that volition flooded spending 8 hours connected societal media each day?" Kuehl told Fox News Digital.

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One Israeli pastor says 1 of the biggest challenges facing Israel's Christian assemblage is simply a debased commencement rate. Jesus King Church successful Nazareth, Israel.  (Photo: Pastor Saleem Shalash)

Pastor Matthew Earls joined the acme arsenic portion of Eagles’ Wings Ministries’ Israel Christian Nexus program, which focuses connected young Christian leaders and gives them the accidental to acquisition Israel aboriginal successful their careers and physique a well-rounded perspective.

"We privation to thatch biblical information truthful that the religion does not look wholly antithetic successful the adjacent generation," Earls told Fox News Digital. "The greater ngo is 1 of solidarity with the radical of Israel, and of equipping radical with talking points successful the anticipation that dialog tin instrumentality spot and pb to greater understanding, oregon astatine slightest communal respect for 1 another’s positions," helium said.

Sacha Roytman, CEO of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, told Fox News Digital that Christians and Jews look galore of the aforesaid challenges successful defending their faith, history, and future, adding that those who cull Jews and Zionism besides cull the Christian worldview due to the fact that the 2 are aligned.

Orthodox Christians transportation woody crosses on the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) successful the Old City of Jerusalem during the Orthodox Good Friday procession earlier Holy Saturday. (Saeed Qaq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"I’m present to stock this connection with Christian leaders who spell backmost to their communities empowered with much knowledge, much energy, and antithetic tools to combat this battle," Roytman said.

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As portion of its research, CAM has examined however societal media algorithms amplify antisemitic contented and conspiracy theories. "We discovered that the algorithms are trained to present engaging contented that upsets radical and keeps them hooked. Often, it is anti-establishment contented and conspiracy theories that substance antisemitism," Roytman said.

More than 200 theologians, pastors and ministry leaders from implicit 30 countries are attending successful person, alongside astir 3,000 online participants.