I had the pleasure of dining with Greek Orthodox priest Father Nadaf this evening in Jerusalem. A courageous leader of the Christian community, he travels the world sounding the alarm over ongoing genocide of Christians across the Middle East. Raised to hate Israel, he now lectures on the freedoms that Christians enjoy in Israel—freedoms they have nowhere else in this region. Nadaf has also gained notoriety as an outspoken advocate (at great personal risk) for Arab Christian IDF service. Each year since he began his drive, their numbers have increased due to his efforts (from 30 in 2013, to 150 in 2014 and over 400 expected in 2015).

ISRAEL HAYOM
by Daniel Siryoti and Yael Branovsky
February 6, 2015

Father Gabriel Nadaf, the spiritual leader of the Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum, has complained to Israeli Teachers’ Union Chairman Yossi Wasserman and to the Education Ministry about an Arabic-language union pamphlet distributed to teachers that includes a story encouraging readers to harm Israeli soldiers. In his complaint, Nadaf wrote, “To my astonishment, I came across the July-August 2014 edition of a pamphlet called the ‘Echo of Education,’ written in Arabic, and published by the Teachers’ Union and funded by the Education Ministry, in which, on Page 26, there is a story more inciting than any Palestinian resistance literature I have seen. READ MORE